Ansleigh Broome Leads East Paulding to Victory over Lithia Springs
East Paulding waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with five straight wins… but they left with six. They never let the Lithia Springs Lions onto the board and left with a 21-0 victory. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by six runs or more this season.
Nobody will forget Draya Hope‘s heroic performance anytime soon (especially Lithia Springs’ batters): she turned in a perfect game.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ansleigh Broome, who went 1-for-1 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Ella Heal, who scored two runs while going 1-for-1.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Paulding always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .889. The last time their OBP was this high was back in September of 2023.
East Paulding has been performing incredibly well recently as they’ve won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Lithia Springs, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-11.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. East Paulding will welcome Kennesaw Mountain at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. East Paulding is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they’ve averaged 9 runs per game this season. As for Lithia Springs, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Rome at 6:00 p.m. Lithia Springs is facing Rome at the right time seeing as Rome is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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