Laynee Gardner turned in her biggest game of the season on Tuesday, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was her third in a row with more than five strikeouts. This season, Gardner has an ERA of 10.88 over 24 innings pitched.
Gardner and Rivercrest will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Gosnell at 4:00 p.m. Rivercrest got just the result they wanted when they last faced Gosnell, probably because Gardner had a solid game then too: she struck out six batters over 7.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits. Can she match (or beat) that stellar performance? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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