Softball Recap: Walton Sets Scoring Season-High Against Rutherford

Braves

Team Score (Highest)

03/13/25 @ Rutherford	20
02/25/25 @ Destin	14
03/07/25 vs Second Baptist	11
03/06/25 vs Chipley	8
03/11/25 vs South Walton	4

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Walton). They never let the Rutherford Rams get on the board and left with a 20-0 win on Thursday. With that victory, the Braves brought their scoring average up to 6.9 runs per game.

Bella Baker made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). The dominant performance also gave her a new career-low in walks (zero). She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in hits.

In other batting news, Mackenzie Peels was incredible, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with five RBI, one run, and one double. Another player making a difference was Izzy Holden, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.

Walton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .462. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Walton's win bumped their record up to 3-6. As for Rutherford, they now have a losing record of 3-4.

Walton will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Chipley at 7:00 p.m. on March 27th. As for Rutherford, they will welcome Bay at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Bay is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.