Houston stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Covington Chargers a 6-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Houston.
Elizabeth Cleveland was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. Cleveland was also big at the plate, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with a double.
In other pitching news, Maeve Badoud looked comfortable as she tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
Back at the plate, Maddie McClure and Skye Ebersole did most of the damage at the plate: McClure scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3, while Ebersole scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Alivia Ramirez was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing three bases.
On Covington's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madison Hamm, who went 2-for-4 with a double.
Houston's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-5. As for Covington, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-19.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Houston will take on Crockett County at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Houston will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last. As for Covington, they are on the road again on Monday to play Halls at 5:00 p.m.
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