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| 04/09/25 - Home | 11-0 W |
| 04/18/24 - Home | 21-0 W |
| 04/03/24 - Away | 14-0 W |
| 04/26/23 - Away | 11-0 W |
| 04/10/23 - Home | 5-4 W |
| + 4 more games |
Hayes is a perfect 9-0 against Westerville South since April of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Pacers will take on the Wildcats at 5:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hayes has 13 straight wins, Westerville South has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Hayes' pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Worthington Kilbourne as they made off with a 12-0 victory. The Pacers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by six runs or more this season.
Kate Shipp was a standout: she went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run, three RBI, and one stolen base. Those three RBI gave her a new career-high. Abby Stahl also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Hayes kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 16 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, it was a classic North v. South duel when Westerville South duked it out with Westerville North on Wednesday. The Wildcats lost 19-3 to the Warriors.
Westerville South saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aubrey Paul, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base. Alexis Evans was another, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Hayes' win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Westerville South, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
Westerville South's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Hayes has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.6 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Westerville South, though, as they've been averaging only 2.9 strikeouts. Will Hayes keep running through batters, or will the Wildcats buck the trend?
Everything went Hayes' way against Westerville South in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as Hayes made off with an 11-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Pacers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
