The Olympia Spartans will face off against the Auburn Trojans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Olympia 3.4, Auburn 1.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Olympia turned things around against Riverton on Tuesday. They never let the Hawks get on the board and left with a 15-0 victory. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Spartans' hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, Auburn came tearing into Monday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Senators by a score of 4-0.
Meena Taylor made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out 15 over seven innings pitched. Taylor was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI.
Taylor wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Addison Wheatley, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Auburn's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-2. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Olympia, their win bumped their record up to 9-6-1.
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