Lake Central had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the La Porte Slicers a 10-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Lake Central, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Maddie Such made a big impact no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Such was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with two doubles and two RBI.
In other batting news, Lake Central got a massive performance out of Kate Renschen, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Izzy Calinski, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
On La Porte's side, they saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reghan Stephany, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Lake Central pushed their record up to 3-0 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
Lake Central will take on Jennings County at 1:00 p.m. in their first game on Saturday. As for La Porte, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Chesterton at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. La Porte has given up an average of 10 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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