With a playoff game on the line, Litchfield rose to the challenge on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Vandalia Vandals a 12-0 shutout. With that victory, Litchfield brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Laynie Wyatt made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Wyatt has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Wyatt was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Litchfield got a big performance out of Lili Anne Readenour, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Charlie Bono, who scored three runs while going 2-for-2.
Litchfield is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-13 record this season. As for Vandalia, they dropped their record down to 1-24 with that loss, which was their 13th straight on the road.
Litchfield will challenge Carlyle at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Litchfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season. Vandalia does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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