Preston never let their opponents score on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over the Merritt Oilers.
TAYLAN STARR was a major factor no matter where she played. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. Those 16 strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, NA'BRAIJHANAE PHILLIPS was incredible, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4. KYNLEE MARTIN was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and two doubles.
Preston has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 22 of their last 25 games, which provided a nice bump to their 31-5 record this season. As for Merritt, the defeat snapped their winning streak at nine games and leaves them with a 19-14 record.
As of now, neither Preston nor Merritt have any future games scheduled.
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