The Bishop Lynch Friars will face off against the Mesquite Skeeters at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Bishop Lynch is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Hockaday 20-2 on Wednesday. The result was nothing new for the Friars, who have now won three matches by eight runs or more so far this season.
Kylie Love made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off five hits. Love was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two triples, two runs, and two RBI. Those two triples gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Bishop Lynch got a massive performance out of Faith Peterson, who got on base in all five of her plate appearances with five stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. That's the most RBI Peterson has posted since back in March of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaliyah Bryant, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 1-for-3.
Bishop Lynch was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .556. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Mesquite hadn't done well against Tyler Legacy recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Mesquite had just enough and edged out Tyler Legacy 11-9.
Mesquite's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-5-1. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.0 runs over those games. As for Bishop Lynch, with the victory, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-3.
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