Spring Hill stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past the Paola Panthers 15-8. 15 seems to be a good number for Spring Hill as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Spring Hill got a great performance from Kaylyn Gililand as she struck out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up four earned runs off nine hits. Gililand has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Mya January, who went 3-for-5 with two triples, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Fraley, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
The win was the fourth in a row for Spring Hill, bringing their record for this year to 17-2. As for Paola, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-12-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Spring Hill will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Lansing at 4:30 p.m. Spring Hill is facing Lansing at the right time seeing as Lansing is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Paola, they will head out on the road to face off against Fort Scott on Thursday. Fort Scott's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Paola's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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