Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pius X). Everything went their way against the Standing Bear Grizzlies on Tuesday as the Pius X Thunderbolts made off with a 13-1 victory. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Thunderbolts with their most commanding win of the season.
Cali Meents and Abbi Just did most of the damage at the plate: Meents got on base in all three of her plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and two runs, while Just went 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Macy Charf, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pius X was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .588. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 22.3% earlier this season, but in their last ten matches they've averaged 31.9%.
The win made it two in a row for Pius X and bumps their season record up to 10-12. As for Standing Bear, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-18.
Pius X will face off against Fremont on Thursday. The last three games Fremont has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Standing Bear, they will host Freeman at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Freeman is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
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