Columbus put their dominant pitcher on display in the team's third consecutive shutout on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Shaw Raiders an 11-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Blue Devils, who have now won seven matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Aubrie McBride and Bethany Smith did most of the damage at the plate: McBride went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Smith went 2-for-4 with two triples, two runs, and an RBI. Those triples marked the first that Smith's hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Maya Bagsby, who went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Columbus was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in five consecutive games.
Columbus' victory bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Shaw, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-9.
Columbus will square off against Lee County at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Shaw, they will venture away from home to take on Sumter County at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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