Softball Recap: St. Charles North North Stars vs. Batavia Bulldogs
St. Charles North put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Batavia Bulldogs a 9-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for St. Charles North who now have four in a row.
Not much got past Paige Murray, who gave up just four hits and racked up 15 Ks to keep Batavia off the board. Murray has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ivy Gleeson and Mackenzie Patterson did most of the damage at the plate: Gleeson scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Patterson scored a run and stole two bases while going 4-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Heimbuch, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
St. Charles North is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Batavia, their loss was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-15.
St. Charles North will head out on the road to take on Kaneland at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Batavia, they will be playing at home against Aurora Central Catholic at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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