Center Grove entered their tilt with Tri-West Hendricks with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Tri-West Hendricks Bruins a 1-0 shutout on Wednesday. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs Center Grove has scored all season.
Riley Fuhr looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Center Grove's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Madisyn Tharpe, who went 1-for-2 with a triple.
Even though they lost, Tri-West Hendricks didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Center Grove only tossed seven.
Center Grove has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Tri-West Hendricks, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-6.
Center Grove will head out on the road to square off against Mt. Vernon at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Center Grove is looking to tack on another W to their ten-game streak on the road dating back to last season. As for Tri-West Hendricks, they will face off against Danville at 7:30 p.m. on Monday.
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