Southwood had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They came out on top against the Wawasee Warriors by a score of 5-1. That's two games straight that Southwood has won by exactly four runs.
Natalie Sutphin spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on eight hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Madi Culver, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylee Thomas, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
On Wawasee's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Natalya Holder, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a double. Another player making a difference was Jaclynn Worrell, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Wawasee didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Southwood's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1. As for Wawasee, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-4.
Southwood will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Leo at 12:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Southwood: 2.4, Leo: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Wawasee, they will challenge Whitko at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Whitko has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.4 runs per game on average), something Wawasee will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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