Sugar Creek is 0-5 against Queen's Grant since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Sugar Creek Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Queen's Grant Stallions at 5:00 p.m.
Sugar Creek played against Piedmont Community Charter and lost via forfeit.
Queen's Grant is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Langtree Charter on Wednesday as Queen's Grant made off with a 22-14 victory. Considering Queen's Grant has won 14 games by more than seven runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Addi Benton made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off three hits. Benton has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Benton was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, Queen's Grant got a massive performance out of Melissa Detweiler, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. Another player making a difference was Nicole Strickland-Mitchell, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Sugar Creek hasn't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-6. As for Queen's Grant, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-3.
Sugar Creek might still be hurting after the 18-0 loss they got from Queen's Grant in their previous meeting on Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Benton, who struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Now that Sugar Creek knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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