The Laurel Locomotives will venture away from home to take on the East Helena Vigilantes at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Laurel will be looking to extend their current ten-game winning streak.
Laurel is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Lockwood, who was ranked 18th at the time (Laurel was ranked third). The Locomotives narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the LIONS 5-3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for East Helena, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Hardin on Friday as they made off with a 15-0 win. The matchup marked the Vigilantes' most dominant victory of the season.
Keeley Hamilton made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Hamilton was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with three RBI, one run, and one double.
In other batting news, Sara Dearing was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, five RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Maddie Surginer, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, two RBI, and one double.
East Helena was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .682. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .318 or higher in four consecutive games.
Laurel pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.3 runs over those games. As for East Helena, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-8.
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