The matchup between Sauk Rapids-Rice and Thief River Falls on Saturday hardly resembled the 3-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm blew past the Thief River Falls Prowlers 20-1. With that victory, Sauk Rapids-Rice brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Sauk Rapids-Rice got a great performance from Ava Knutson as she struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Knutson has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Vivian Kusilek, who fired off two home runs, six RBI, and four runs while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Turck, who scored four runs while going 3-for-4.
Sauk Rapids-Rice is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-9 record this season.
Sauk Rapids-Rice will stay at home for another game and welcome Alexandria at 11:00 a.m. on Monday. Sauk Rapids-Rice is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season. Thief River Falls does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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