Softball Recap: Crystal River Pirates vs. Zephyrhills Bulldogs
Crystal River stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They never let the Zephyrhills Bulldogs onto the board and left with an 11-0 win. Winning may never get old, but Crystal River sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Violet Flynn made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Flynn has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in 23 consecutive pitching appearances. Flynn was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Athena Childs, who went 3-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Hannah Messer, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Crystal River is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Zephyrhills, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-14.
Crystal River has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Hernando at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Crystal River is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season. As for Zephyrhills, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Fivay at 7:00 p.m. Zephyrhills has given up an average of 8.3 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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