With a playoff game on the line, Newton County rose to the challenge on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Senatobia Warriors a 7-0 shutout. Considering Newton County has won 13 matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
For Senatobia's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anna Hollis Faulkner, who went 1-for-4 with a stolen base. Faulkner has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played.
The victory was the third in a row for Newton County, bringing their record for this year to 19-7. As for Senatobia, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-13.
Newton County will have a chance to go back-to-back against Senatobia: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
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