Softball Recap: Piedmont Panthers vs. Anson Bearcats
In what's become a running theme this season, Piedmont gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. They never let the Anson Bearcats onto the board and left with a 14-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Piedmont.
Jailyn Thomas made a splash no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Thomas has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Thomas was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her five plate appearances with an RBI.
In other batting news, Addi Lockrem was excellent, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2. Charli Lutz was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all two of her plate appearances.
On Anson's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gretchen Henry, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and a double.
Piedmont is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Anson, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-10.
Piedmont will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Monroe at 5:20 p.m. in Monday's first game. Monroe hasn't scored more than one runs for seven games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse. As for Anson, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Central Academy at 6:00 p.m. on April 9th. Anson has given up an average of 13.7 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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