The Winfield Warriors will venture away from home to square off against the Fort Zumwalt West Jaguars at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Winfield is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Winfield's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Orchard Farm 11-0. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Winfield got a great performance from Maci Knowles as she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Knowles has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Claire Shoemake, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. What's more, she also posted a .750 batting average, which is the highestshe's posted since back in October of 2023. Danielle Lang was another key player, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Winfield didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Fort Zumwalt West couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of Howell by a score of 9-7 on September 3rd.
Winfield's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Fort Zumwalt West, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-1.
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