After losing to Montwood the last time they met, Midland decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Midland Bulldogs' pitcher stepped up to hand the Montwood Rams a 6-0 shutout on Friday. Considering the Bulldogs have won three contests by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Malayah Carillo tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over 5.1 innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up a single earned runs any time she's pitched this season.
At the plate, Bree Battenfelder and Avrey Ochoa did most of the damage at the plate: Battenfelder went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run and four RBI, while Ochoa went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Kamryn Weir, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Midland was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Montwood only posted a batting average of .143.
The victory (which was Midland's third in a row) raised their record to 6-1. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs over those games. As for Montwood, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
Bulldogs
| 02/14/25 @ Pebble Hills | 13-8 |
| 02/13/25 @ McKinney Boyd | 8-4 |
| 02/11/25 @ Coronado | 11-2 |
| 02/04/25 @ Lubbock | 6-1 |
| 04/26/24 @ Socorro | 14-6 |
| + 2 more games |
Midland and Montwood's offenses will be put to the test in their next games. Midland and Eastwood (who has only given up 2.22 runs per game) will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Midland is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road dating back to last season. Meanwhile, Montwood will challenge Permian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, a squad that's only allowed 0.83 runs per game. Midland's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Montwood's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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