After five games on the road, Verbena is heading back home. They will take on the Isabella Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Verbena put the finishing touches on their 14th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Billingsley a 13-0 shutout. 13 seems to be a good number for Verbena as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Jaycee Quinn made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Quinn has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Quinn was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Verbena got a massive performance out of Maya Schuffert, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Meagan Shiver was another key contributor, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with three RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Isabella was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Jemison by a score of 13-12. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in March (ten), Isabella still had to take the loss.
Verbena is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season. As for Isabella, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9.
Everything went Verbena's way against Isabella in their previous meeting back in February as Verbena made off with a 19-6 victory. Does Verbena have another victory up their sleeve, or will Isabella turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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