It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Temple had no problem doing just that on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Duncanville Panthers and Pantherettes a 4-0 shutout. This was a revenge game for the Wildcats: when they faced off against the Panthers and Pantherettes on Friday, they had to take a 3-1 defeat.
Temple is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-9-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Duncanville, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 23-5-1.
Temple will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Panthers and Pantherettes: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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