It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but La Center had no problem doing just that on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Freeman Scotties a 6-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for La Center, who have now won 11 matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Not much got past Garrett Maunu, who gave up just four hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Freeman off the board.
At the plate, La Center's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Caden Taylor, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Eiesland, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
La Center has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Freeman, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-8.
As of now, neither La Center nor Freeman have any future games scheduled.
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