San Rafael stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Piner Prospectors a 15-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for San Rafael as they're now sitting on seven straight.
Thomara Drummer made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 12 over six innings pitched. Drummer has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts every time she's pitched this season. Drummer was also big at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.
In other batting news, Gabby Rodriguez and Jaela Brown did most of the damage at the plate: Rodriguez got on base in four of her five plate appearances with four RBI, a run, and a double, while Brown scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Karen Vela was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
On Piner's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mialynn Membrilla, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
San Rafael pushed their record up to 11-2 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Piner, they now have a losing record at 6-7.
San Rafael will stay at home for another game and welcome Marin Catholic at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (San Rafael: 1.5, Marin Catholic: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Piner, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Healdsburg at 4:30 p.m. Piner is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
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