Baseball Recap: Fredericksburg Billies vs. Navarro Panthers
Fredericksburg extended their postseason success on Friday against Navarro. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Navarro Panthers a 10-0 shutout. Fredericksburg's victory was all the more impressive since Navarro was averaging only 2.71 runs allowed on the season.
Asher Goehmann was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over 6.2 innings pitched. Goehmann was also big at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Fredericksburg let Reid Spies and Drake Threadgill loose on the outfield. Spies scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4, while Threadgill scored three runs while going 3-for-3. Spies has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Weston Herber, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Fredericksburg's win bumped their record up to 17-14-1. As for Navarro, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-6-1.
Fredericksburg will have a chance to go back-to-back against Navarro: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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