Burlington's game on Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 12-10 win over the Holyoke Dragons. With that victory, the Cougars brought their scoring average up to 6.7 runs per game.
Burlington got a massive performance out of Emberly Thew, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Jasmin Robles, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Burlington was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .517. The last time their batting average was this high was back in September of 2023.
The win snapped Burlington's losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 3-6 record. As for Holyoke, they dropped their record down to 2-8 with that defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Burlington will square off against Platte Valley at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Burlington is facing Platte Valley at the right time seeing as Platte Valley is stuck on a ten-game losing streak. As for Holyoke, they will challenge Timnath at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Timnath is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
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