Wellington has been away from home for five games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Greeley Central Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. Wellington is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.2 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, everything went Wellington's way against Mountain View as Wellington made off with an 18-4 win. Considering the Eagles have won five contests by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Taylor Morgan made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Morgan was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Kensley Story was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Camryn Strain, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wellington was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .484. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 25.7% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 41.4%.
Meanwhile, Greeley Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They lost 21-0 to Northridge.
Wellington now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Greeley Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
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