On Thursday, Helena faced Hellgate in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Helena Bengals never let the Hellgate Knights onto the board and left with a 15-0 win. With that victory, Helena brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Helena let Kamryn Klemp and Katryn Seliskar loose on the outfield. Klemp went 4-for-4 with three doubles and four RBI, while Seliskar went 4-for-5 with four runs and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Faith Howard, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
On Hellgate's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kajia Nagle, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
The win made it two in a row for Helena and bumps their season record up to 7-9. As for Hellgate, their defeat was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-17.
Helena will take on Capital at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Capital will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last. As for Hellgate, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Glacier at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Glacier's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Hellgate's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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