There's no place like home for North Springs, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Clarkston Angoras a 16-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by ten runs or more this season.
Jamie Masker was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Leila Madesko was incredible, going 2-for-2 with a home run, three runs, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Beck Ballowe, who scored three runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Springs always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .840. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
North Springs now has a winning record of 11-10. As for Clarkston, their loss dropped their record down to 1-17.
North Springs will be playing in front of their home fans against Lithonia at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. North Springs is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season. As for Clarkston, they will venture away from home to take on Marist at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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