It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Crystal River had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They never let the South Sumter Raiders onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. The win was familiar territory for Crystal River who now have seven in a row.
Violet Flynn made a splash while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched. Flynn has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in 25 consecutive pitching appearances. Flynn was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Flynn wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Savannah Hinde, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Crystal River has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for South Sumter, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-10.
Crystal River will have a chance to go back-to-back against South Sumter: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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