It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Westfield had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They never let the Silver Creek Black Knights onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. For Westfield, this counts as revenge for the 24-3 defeat Silver Creek walked away with the last time they faced one another back in March of 2017.
The result came thanks to Eva Gnadzinski's shutout, as she gave up just five hits.
At the plate, Westfield saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madyson Burgess, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
On Silver Creek's side, Rylee Weiskerger spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up 12 Ks. Weiskerger has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
Even though they lost, Silver Creek didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Westfield only tossed three.
Westfield has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Silver Creek, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 13-5.
Westfield is on the road again on Wednesday to play Barker at 5:00 p.m. Westfield's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Barker's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Silver Creek does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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