The Shea Raiders will take on the Exeter-West Greenwich Scarlet Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Shea beats Exeter-West Greenwich with 23 runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Raiders were the clear victors by a 23-13 margin over Times Squared Academy on Wednesday. Considering the Raiders have won six games by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Taylor Kane was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and seven unearned) runs off nine hits (and only one walk). She has been consistent: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive appearances. She was even better at the plate, getting on base in three of her five plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
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In other batting news, Laurel Christian was incredible, getting on base in all five of her plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and two stolen bases. Those two stolen bases gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Zanyiah Fortes, who went 2-for-5 with four stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI.
Shea was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Exeter-West Greenwich, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Everything went their way against Paul Cuffee on Wednesday as they made off with an 18-12 victory. The win continues a trend for the Scarlet Knights in their matchups with Paul Cuffee: they've now won four in a row.
Shea has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 15.7 runs over those games. As for Exeter-West Greenwich, their win bumped their record up to 7-9.
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