East Hall came tearing into Friday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Luella Lions with a sharp 14-0 victory. 14 seems to be a good number for the Vikings as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Amari Burce made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Burce was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Kaylana Curry was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while going 2-for-3. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Elaina Hendrix, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Hall was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 24% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 35.5%.
East Hall pushed their record up to 14-17 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Luella, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-6.
East Hall will have a chance to go back-to-back against Luella: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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