With a playoff game on the line, Bowie rose to the challenge on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the East Central Hornets a 5-0 shutout. The victory was nothing new for Bowie as they're now sitting on five straight.
The result came thanks to Kate Bookidis's shutout, as she gave up just three hits.
At the plate, Valeria Feeney and Anya German did most of the damage at the plate: Feeney went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI, while German went 2-for-3 with a home run and a double. German is on a roll when it comes to home runs, as she's now launched at least one in the last three games she's played. Bella Nungaray was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
On East Central's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Marissa Delgado, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Even though they lost, East Central hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. This was only their second loss (out of 11 games) when they post two or more strikeouts.
Bowie is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 26-8 record this season. As for East Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 26-7-1.
Bowie will have a chance to go back-to-back against East Central: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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