On Tuesday Moxie Barton made a splash, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. It looks like she has Orestimba's number considering she had a big game the last time she faced them, too. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was her 17th in a row with more than six strikeouts. This season, Barton has been strong no matter where she plays. On the mound, she has an ERA of 1.43 over 127.7 innings pitched. Meanwhile, at bat she has slashed 0.639/0.691/0.651 with 44 runs, plus 39 stolen bases.
Barton and Los Banos will take on Central Catholic at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Barton has dominated as far as earned runs are concerned (she's averaged 1 per game this season), but she's got her work cut out for her considering Central Catholic has only allowed 6.24 per game this season.
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