It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Whitesboro had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They never let the Queen City Bulldogs onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. Winning may never get old, but Whitesboro sure is getting used to it with their eighth in a row.
Not much got past Avery Howerton, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Queen City off the board. Howerton has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Whitesboro's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Tylar Olsen, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
Whitesboro has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 30-6 record this season. As for Queen City, their defeat ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 26-4.
Whitesboro will have a chance to go back-to-back against Queen City: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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