With a playoff win on the line, Rockingham County rose to the challenge on Friday. They blew past the Ledford Panthers 9-0. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 18 contests by nine runs or more this season.
Not much got past Ava Grace Pruitt, who gave up just a hit and racked up ten Ks to keep Ledford off the board. Pruitt has been consistent for a while: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in 13 consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kennidy Kirby, who fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 3-for-4. That's the most home runs she has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Lily Strittmatter, who went 1-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs.
Rockingham County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ledford only posted a batting average of .048.
Cougars
| 05/09/25 vs Ledford | 9-0 |
| 05/06/25 vs Eastern Guilford | 10-0 |
| 05/02/25 vs Southern Guilford | 5-1 |
| 04/30/25 vs High Point Central | 15-0 |
| 04/25/25 vs Atkins | 15-0 |
| + 16 more games |
The win (which was Rockingham County's 21st in a row) raised their record to 22-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.8 runs over those games. As for Ledford, their loss dropped their record down to 16-8.
Coming up, Rockingham County will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Piedmont at 6:00 p.m. The Panthers' pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so the Cougars' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Ledford does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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