With a playoff game on the line, Gainesville rose to the challenge on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Gulf Breeze Dolphins a 3-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Gainesville as they're now sitting on six straight.
Leanna Bourdage made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Bourdage has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Bourdage was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Bourdage wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was McKenna O?Sullivan, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Gainesville is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for Gulf Breeze, their loss dropped their record down to 16-10.
Gainesville will head out on the road to square off against Archbishop McCarthy at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday. Archbishop McCarthy is on a three-game streak of home wins, Gainesville a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. Gulf Breeze does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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