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| 04/26/24 - Away | 11-10 W |
| 04/19/24 - Home | 7-1 W |
| 04/16/24 - Away | 14-0 W |
| 05/03/23 - Home | 16-5 W |
| 04/24/23 - Home | 16-1 W |
| + 5 more games |
Bishop Watterson is a perfect 10-0 against Bishop Hartley since April of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The Eagles will welcome the Hawks at 5:15 p.m. The matchup will give Bishop Watterson their first taste of in-conference action this season.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Bishop Watterson's offense. They fell just short of North Union by a score of 2-0 last Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, the Eagles' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Bishop Watterson saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maddie Stanton, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one double. Vivan Meyers also deserves some recognition as she got her first hit of the season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bishop Hartley). Everything went their way against Whetstone on Tuesday as they made off with a 19-5 win. Considering the Hawks have won seven games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Morgan Bailey and Chelsea Gautier did most of the damage at the plate: Bailey went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs, while Gautier went 3-for-4 with four runs, two triples, and three RBI. Those four runs gave Gautier a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Hannah Ziegler, who went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI.
Bishop Hartley always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .550. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Whetstone only posted an OBP of .385.
Bishop Watterson's defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-4. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.5 runs. As for Bishop Hartley, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
Bishop Watterson came out on top in a nail-biter against Bishop Hartley when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 11-10. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hawks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
