Softball Recap: Tuesday's Victory Is Biggsville West Central's 13th in Last 14 Outings

Heat

Margin (Wins)

04/21/25 vs West Prairie	27
04/29/25 vs Galva	22
05/02/25 @ Princeville	19
03/27/25 vs Galesburg	17
04/30/25 vs Macomb	16

Biggsville West Central's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's seventh consecutive shutout on Tuesday. They didn't even let the Bureau Valley Storm on the board, marking the Heat's second-straight 8-0 shutout. Considering the Heat have won 16 matches by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Miley Stimpson made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over 5.1 innings pitched. She has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than one walk in nine consecutive appearances. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three runs. That's the most runs she has posted since back in April.

In other batting news, Lauren Winters and Rylie Ferguson did most of the damage at the plate: Winters went 3-for-4 with one home run and three RBI, while Ferguson went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, two doubles, and two RBI. That's the most RBI Winters has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Becca Hinshaw, who went 2-for-4 with two doubles and one RBI.

Biggsville West Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Bureau Valley, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 13-13 record.

Biggsville West Central will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Storm: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.