Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask McCook). Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Wray/Yuma Eagles a 19-0 shutout on Thursday. Considering the Bison have won 15 games by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Briley Morgan and Danika Havlicek made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Morgan pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Havlicek pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. What's more, she also racked up three strikeouts, the mostshe's had since back in October of 2023. At the plate, Morgan scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Havlicek scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, McCook got a massive performance out of Brooklynn Gillen, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Sydney Hodgson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, McCook kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post 11 or more hits.
McCook is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Wray/Yuma, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-7-1.
McCook will head out to challenge North Platte on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (McCook has three straight wins, North Platte has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field. As for Wray/Yuma, they will challenge Bayard at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Wray/Yuma is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
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