In what's become a running theme this season, New Palestine gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Fishers Tigers a 7-0 shutout. The victory was nothing new for New Palestine as they're now sitting on four straight.
The result came thanks to Cailyn Hurst's shutout, as she gave up just three hits. It was the first time this season that she pitched five or more innings.
On the hitting side, Allie Blum was incredible, firing off two home runs and five RBI while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Paige Ernstes, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
On Fishers' side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kendall Jordan, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
New Palestine's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 15-1. As for Fishers, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-9.
New Palestine will be playing at home against Pendleton Heights at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (New Palestine: 2.8, Pendleton Heights: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Fishers, they will head out on the road to take on Franklin Central at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Franklin Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.1 runs per game this season.
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