On Friday, Lincoln Southwest faced Papillion-LaVista South in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks put the hurt on the Papillion-LaVista South Titans with a sharp 8-2 victory. Considering the Silver Hawks have won 11 matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Raegan Brandt made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out six batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits (and not a single walk). The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a triple.
In other batting news, Hadley Madson and Emma Dostal did most of the damage at the plate: Madson went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a double, while Dostal went 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Mary Beth Hart, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Lincoln Southwest didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Papillion-LaVista South only tossed three.
Lincoln Southwest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Papillion-LaVista South, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-8.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Lincoln Southwest will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Kearney at 5:00 p.m. Lincoln Southwest's pitching crew has only allowed 1.8 runs per game this season, so Kearney's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Papillion-LaVista South, they will square off against Millard West on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Papillion-LaVista South: 4, Millard West: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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