With a playoff game on the line, Ludlowe rose to the challenge on Friday. They never let the Middletown Blue Dragons onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. Give Ludlowe's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Not much got past Alex Lewey, who gave up just one hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep Middletown off the board. Lewey has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 23 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ludlowe saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lauren Santa Barbara, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Santa Barbara has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.
Ludlowe is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Middletown, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-5.
As of now, neither Ludlowe nor Middletown have any future games scheduled.
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