Mansfield Senior extended their losing streak to ten on Wednesday, dropping their season record down to 0-10 in the process. They came up short against the Lexington Minutemen, falling 16-0. If the Tygers were looking for revenge after losing 15-3 to the Minutemen when the teams met back in April of 2023, then they'll just have to keep looking.
As for Lexington, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 18-2. Considering they have won 14 matchups by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
For Lexington's part, Makaree Chapman and Savannah Lutz made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Chapman didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 12 over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Lutz pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (three). At the plate, Chapman went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, five RBI, and three runs, while Lutz went 1-for-2 with four RBI, one run, and one double.
In other batting news, Lexington let Alexis Cantrell and Kylie Thornton run wild. Cantrell went 2-for-4 with two runs and one triple, while Thornton went 2-for-3 with three runs and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Kaylee Stull, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
While Mansfield Senior had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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