The Lawton Blue Devils are taking a road trip to take on the Pennfield Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Lawton will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Lawton is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Allegan 26-0 on Thursday. The victory continues a trend for the Blue Devils in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won five in a row.
Paityn Beam made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with one RBI.
Drake Colley
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In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Drake Colley, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two triples, five RBI, and two runs. Those three hits gave her a new career-high. Gia Bridges was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs and three RBI.
Lawton kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.2 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 10.4.
Meanwhile, Pennfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They came up short against Hastings, falling 12-2. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly ten runs.
Pennfield's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Lawton, their record is now 6-8.
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