In Saturday's second game, Penn faced Center Grove in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Everything went the Penn Kingsmen's way against the Center Grove Trojans as the Penn Kingsmen made off with an 18-9 victory. The result was nothing new for Penn, who have now won five matches by nine runs or more so far this season.
Abigail Widmar was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, and four runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ava Zachary, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 5-for-5.
On Center Grove's side, Riley Janda and Brooklyn Groppel did some serious damage despite the final result: Janda scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Groppel went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. Janda has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Mae Munson, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-5.
Even though they lost, Center Grove was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with five doubles. That's the most doubles they've managed all season.
Penn is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Center Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
Penn will look to defend their home field on Monday against South Bend Washington at 5:00 p.m. Penn is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.3 runs per game this season. As for Center Grove, they will be playing at home against Bloomington South at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Center Grove has given up an average of 6.8 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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