Softball Recap: Patterson Now 3-1 over Last Four Games

After losing to Westgate the last time they met, Patterson decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Patterson Lumberjacks' pitcher stepped up to hand the Westgate Tigers a 17-0 shutout on Monday. Considering the Lumberjacks have won five matches by more than 11 runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

Mia Knight made a splash no matter where she played. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over four innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in RBI.

In other batting news, Patterson let Laiken Chautin and Gabby Grogan run wild. Chautin went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, and one triple, while Grogan scored four runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Those three runs gave Chautin a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kelis Escort, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.

Patterson always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .588. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Westgate only posted an OBP of .083.

Patterson is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 17.7 runs. This is the second loss in a row for Westgate and nudges their season record down to 1-7.

Patterson has already played their next game (against St. James), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Westgate, they will square off against Northside at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Northside has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 16.17 runs per game on average), something Westgate will no doubt try to take advantage of.