Midland Trail stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the PikeView Panthers a 17-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Midland Trail, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Madison Rader made a splash no matter where she played. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Rader has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rader was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with a stolen base.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Raygen Parsons, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two stolen bases, and five RBI. Another player making a difference was Nevaeh Hall, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and a stolen base.
Midland Trail is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for PikeView, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-11.
Midland Trail will head out on the road to take on Bluefield at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Bluefield is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season. As for PikeView, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, an 11-1 loss vs. Greenbrier West on the 25th.
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