Glacier put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Billings West Golden Bears an 11-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Glacier sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Ella Farrell made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Farrell has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 11 consecutive pitching appearances. Farrell was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kenadie Goudette, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs. Zoey Allen was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Glacier is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. As for Billings West, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-3.
Glacier is on the road again on Saturday to play Belgrade at 2:00 p.m. Belgrade has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.42 runs per game on average), something Glacier will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Billings West, they will challenge Capital at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Billings West has given up an average of 6.1 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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