Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Thomson). They blew past the Josey Eagles 19-6 on Tuesday. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by eight runs or more this season.
Janiya Scott made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in strikeouts. Scott was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two triples, three runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Thomson let Janiya Drake and Jaliyah Ruff loose on the outfield. Drake went 2-for-2 with a home run and two runs, while Ruff scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Khya Latimore, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Thomson was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .455. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 34.7%.
The win made it two in a row for Thomson and bumps their season record up to 4-7. As for Josey, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
Thomson will venture away from home to challenge Briarwood Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Thomson will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last. As for Josey, they will welcome Burke County at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Burke County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.
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