Softball Recap: Shelby wins going away against Ontario

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 6:56pm

Softball Recap: Shelby Whippets vs. Ontario Warriors

Shelby stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Ontario Warriors with a sharp 14-2 win. The victory was nothing new for Shelby as they're now sitting on four straight.

Lexi Booker was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off eight hits. Booker has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Booker was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-1 with a home run and three RBI.

In other batting news, Karlie Walp was a standout: she scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Kennedy Studer, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Shelby has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Ontario, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-11.

Shelby will have a chance to go back-to-back against Ontario: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday.

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