The Wilmington Wildcats will be playing at home against the St. Anne Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Wilmington is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.6 runs per game this season.
Wilmington can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 12-3 margin over Streator. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Wilmington.
Wilmington got a great performance from Lexi Strohm as she struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Giana Stahulak was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Ally Allgood, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, St. Anne was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 12-2 to Illinois Lutheran.
St. Anne saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tia Sykes, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Another player making a difference was T'Ayla Crite-Jackson, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
Wilmington is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for St. Anne, their loss dropped their record down to 1-19.
St. Anne's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Wilmington has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .511. It's a different story for St. Anne, though, as they've only averaged .337. Will they be able to contain Wilmington's hitters?
Everything went Wilmington's way against St. Anne in their previous meeting back in April of 2019 as Wilmington made off with a 10-0 win. Will Wilmington repeat their success, or does St. Anne have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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