It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Olympia had no problem doing just that on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Dr. Phillips Panthers a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Olympia, who have now won ten contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Olympia got a great performance from Makenna Rossi as she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Rossi has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Julia Benamati was a standout: she went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Elizabeth Aguilar, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Olympia pushed their record up to 12-11-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Dr. Phillips, their loss dropped their record down to 10-12.
Olympia will take on Windermere at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Windermere is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season. Dr. Phillips does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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