With a playoff game on the line, East Wilkes rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Robbinsville Black Knights a 4-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but East Wilkes sure is getting used to it with their ninth in a row.
For Robbinsville's part, Zoie (Z) Shuler made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with three stolen bases. Shuler is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last nine games she's played.
East Wilkes pushed their record up to 26-3 with that victory, which was their 12th straight at home. As for Robbinsville, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 24-3.
East Wilkes will have a chance to go back-to-back against Robbinsville: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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