After three games on the road, St. Anthony is heading back home. They will take on the Hyde Park Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Friday just wasn't the day for St. Anthony's offense. Their rough 10-0 defeat to St. Joseph on Friday might stick with them for a while.
Meanwhile, Hyde Park can now show off 22 landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They never let Providence Catholic onto the board and left with a 13-0 win. Winning may never get old, but Hyde Park sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Taylor Haywood made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Haywood has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Haywood was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Cariana Stout and Alexa Stout did most of the damage at the plate: Stout fired off two home runs and five RBI while going 3-for-5, while Stout went 4-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Olivia Villanueva was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
St. Anthony's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Hyde Park, they are on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 21 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 27-5 record this season.
St. Anthony might still be hurting after the 15-0 defeat they got from Hyde Park in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Haywood, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Now that St. Anthony knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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