With a playoff game on the line, Fort Walton Beach rose to the challenge on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Gulf Breeze Dolphins a 1-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Fort Walton Beach sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
The result came thanks to Ava Smith's shutout, as she gave up just three hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Fort Walton Beach saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rilyn Douglas, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
On Gulf Breeze's side, Leila Ammon spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up 13 Ks.
Even though they lost, Gulf Breeze didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fort Walton Beach only tossed three.
Fort Walton Beach has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 17-10 record this season. As for Gulf Breeze, their loss dropped their record down to 14-9.
As of now, neither Fort Walton Beach nor Gulf Breeze have any future games scheduled.
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