Ella Heal Leads East Paulding to Victory over South Paulding
East Paulding won the last time they faced South Paulding, and things went their way on Wednesday too. The East Paulding Raiders won by a run and slipped past the South Paulding Spartans 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Raiders.
Not much got past JJ Sweat, who gave up just two hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep South Paulding off the board. Those ten innings set a new season-high mark for her.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ella Heal, who went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ansleigh Broome, who scored a run while going 2-for-5.
East Paulding didn’t let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That’s a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they’ve averaged 7.2.
East Paulding’s win bumped their record up to 12-3. As for South Paulding, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
East Paulding will challenge New Manchester at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. East Paulding is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they’ve averaged 8.8 runs per game this season. As for South Paulding, they will host Kennesaw Mountain at 5:55 p.m. on Thursday. South Paulding will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
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