Glenwood waltzed into their matchup on Friday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Washington Panthers a 1-0 shutout. Give Glenwood's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Ryan Dunbar looked comfortable as he pitched 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Glenwood's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cru Erickson, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
On Washington's side, Garrett Cox was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over 5.1 innings pitched.
Even though they lost, Washington didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Glenwood only tossed seven.
Glenwood pushed their record up to 15-2 with that victory, which was their 12th straight at home. As for Washington, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-4.
Glenwood has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Sacred Heart-Griffin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Sacred Heart-Griffin: 3.6, Glenwood: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Washington, they will be playing at home against East Peoria at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Washington's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so East Peoria's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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