Taylor County's rock-solid pitcher showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Monday. They never let the Lamar County Trojans onto the board and left with a 12-0 victory. Considering the Vikings have won nine games by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Molleigh Gassett was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in hits. She was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Brayln Hunter was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. Skyler Searcy was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Taylor County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Taylor County is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Lamar County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-9.
Taylor County will challenge Schley County at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Lamar County, they will welcome McNair at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lamar County is facing McNair at the right time seeing as McNair is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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