South Warren came tearing into Friday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Eastern Eagles a 1-0 shutout. For South Warren, this counts as revenge for the 8-3 defeat Eastern walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2018.
Not much got past Layla Ogden, who gave up just three hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Eastern off the board. Ogden has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, South Warren saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was McLaine Hudson, who went 1-for-3 with a home run. Hudson has been hot recently, having posted at least one home run the last six times she's played.
South Warren pushed their record up to 25-1 with that victory, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Eastern, their loss dropped their record down to 19-4.
South Warren will take on Lexington Catholic at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (South Warren: 1.7, Lexington Catholic: 1.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Eastern, they will head out on the road to square off against Greenwood at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. The last three games Eastern has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
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