South Bend Riley put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Concord Minutemen a 20-0 shutout. Considering South Bend Riley has won seven games by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
KAELYNN HOWELL was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. HOWELL has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. HOWELL was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, South Bend Riley got a massive performance out of LEXINGTON JENKINS, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and two doubles. Another player making a difference was GISELA GARCIA, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs.
South Bend Riley pushed their record up to 9-0 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Concord, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-6.
South Bend Riley will challenge Kokomo at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. South Bend Riley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 12.6 runs per game this season. As for Concord, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Northridge at 5:30 p.m. Northridge has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.11 runs per game on average), something Concord will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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