St. Michael the Archangel is 0-4 against Odessa since October of 2020 but things could change on Friday. The St. Michael the Archangel Guardians will head out to face off against the Odessa Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. St. Michael the Archangel is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
St. Michael the Archangel took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They never let St. Pius X onto the board and left with a 5-0 win.
The team relied heavily on Jadyn Lutz, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Samantha Dorsch, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
St. Michael the Archangel didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Odessa had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.1 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 12-7.
Odessa got a massive performance out of Jordyn Beal, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jordyn Loehr, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
St. Michael the Archangel's record now sits at 9-15. As for Odessa, they pushed their record up to 17-3 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road.
St. Michael the Archangel suffered a grim 17-3 defeat to Odessa in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can St. Michael the Archangel avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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