With a playoff game on the line, Shelbyville rose to the challenge on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Columbus East Olympians a 5-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Shelbyville as they're now sitting on three straight.
The result came thanks to Gavyn Fisher's shutout, as he gave up just nine hits and racked up 12 Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Brock Kuhn and Luke Brinkman did most of the damage at the plate: Kuhn scored a run while going 2-for-2, while Brinkman went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Shelbyville is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a massive bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Columbus East, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-18.
Shelbyville is on the road again on Monday to play Franklin Community at 6:00 p.m. Shelbyville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season. Columbus East does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
