Evangelical Christian had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Fort Meade Miners a 12-0 shutout on Tuesday. The victory was nothing new for Evangelical Christian as they're now sitting on eight straight.
Evangelical Christian got a great performance from Zoe Yzaguirre as she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Yzaguirre has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Samantha Yzaguirre was incredible, firing off two home runs and five RBI while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Makayla Jakubuwski, who went 2-for-3 with two triples, two RBI, and a run.
Evangelical Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-2 record this season. As for Fort Meade, their loss dropped their record down to 18-9.
Evangelical Christian will take on Moore Haven at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams will come into the contest having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. Fort Meade does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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