The Community Trojans will face off against the Knox County Eagles at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Knox County took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Community, who comes in off a win.
Community is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Marion County with a sharp 23-3 win on Thursday. Considering the Trojans have won ten contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Jocelyn Curtis made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out six batters over four innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits (and not a single walk). The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in batting average. She was even better at the plate, going 3-for-4 with five RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Community got a massive performance out of Amy McCurdy, who scored four runs while going 3-for-3. What's more, McCurdy also racked up three hits, the mostshe's had in her last ten games. Braelyn Kuda was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Community was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .545. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Knox County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 22-0 to Highland.
The victory made it two in a row for Community and bumps their season record up to 20-10. As for Knox County, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-16.
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