Evans's rock-solid pitcher showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Burke County Bears an 18-0 shutout. That looming 18-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Knights yet this season.
Brittney Smith made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Smith was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI. She also put up two hits, which wereher first of the season.
In other batting news, Kimariya Hinton was incredible, going 1-for-2 with three runs, four RBI, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Aaralyn Strasser, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Evans was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. The last time their batting average was this high was back in August of 2023.
Evans' win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Burke County, they are on a ten-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-2.
Evans will host Harlem at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Burke County, they will square off against Briarwood Academy at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Burke County has given up an average of 9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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