South Lakes can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Yorktown Patriots a 10-0 shutout. With that victory, South Lakes brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Gracie De La Cruz made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. De La Cruz has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. De La Cruz was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Addie Heath was excellent, scoring two runs while going 1-for-1. Sydney Zeigler was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
On Yorktown's side, they got a good showing from Sam Parker, who tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (she also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, Yorktown saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Margaret Flannery-Goodman, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
South Lakes is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4-1 record this season. As for Yorktown, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. South Lakes will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Westfield at 6:30 p.m. South Lakes' pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Westfield's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Yorktown, they will head out on the road to challenge West Springfield at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. West Springfield will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
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