Woodland waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Grant Park Dragons a 2-0 shutout. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Woodland also won the last time the pair played back in March of 2023.
Not much got past Shae Simons, who gave up just one hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep Grant Park off the board. Simons has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Woodland's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Olivia Chismarick, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Woodland's victory bumped their record up to 9-7. As for Grant Park, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-10.
Woodland will head out on the road to square off against St. Bede at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The last three games St. Bede has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Grant Park, they will head out on the road to challenge Gardner-South Wilmington at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Grant Park is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
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