Softball Recap: Petal Sets Scoring Season-High Against Pearl

Panthers

Margin (Wins)

04/15/25 @ Pearl	20
04/01/25 @ Oak Grove	15
04/10/25 @ Meridian	12
03/27/25 vs Pearl	12
02/15/25 vs Mary G. Montgomery	11

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Petal). Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Pearl Pirates a 20-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 contests by six runs or more this season.

Jaley Weathersby looked comfortable as she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Morgan Taylor, who went 1-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenleigh Morgan, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.

Petal always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Pearl only posted an OBP of .000.

Petal is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Pearl, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 14-11.

Coming up, Petal will welcome Oak Grove at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Warriors have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.65 runs per game on average), something the Panthers will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Pearl, they will head out to square off against Meridian at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.