Pineville waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They never let the Knox Central Panthers onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for Pineville, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Not much got past Rachel Howard, who gave up just two hits and racked up 16 Ks to keep Knox Central off the board. Howard has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts every time she's pitched this season.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Addison Slone, who went 3-for-3 with a triple, a stolen base, and an RBI. Baileigh Bargo-Vaughn was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
On Knox Central's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hannah Melton, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
Pineville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5-1 record this season. As for Knox Central, they dropped their record down to 4-22 with that loss, which was their 12th straight on the road.
As of now, neither Pineville nor Knox Central have any future games scheduled.
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