Castle came tearing into Monday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.4 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Heritage Hills Patriots a 4-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Castle, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Not much got past Sadie Winsett, who gave up just seven hits and racked up six Ks to keep Heritage Hills off the board. Winsett has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Emma Bruggenschmidt, who went 4-for-4 with three RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Emma Boyer, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
On Heritage Hills' side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hadley Leibering, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Castle has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. As for Heritage Hills, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-6.
Castle will head out on the road to challenge Evansville Harrison at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing isn't great for Evansville Harrison: they have been struggling with six straight losses at home, while Castle has snatched up six consecutive wins on the road. Heritage Hills will take on Forest Park at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Heritage Hills is facing Forest Park at the right time seeing as Forest Park is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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