Leonardtown put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Thomas Stone Cougars a 16-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Leonardtown.
Claire Radford was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 15 over five innings pitched. Radford has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Radford was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Kendall Wathen was incredible, going 3-for-3 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Vanessa Brooks, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI and two runs.
Leonardtown has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-6 record this season. As for Thomas Stone, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-8.
Leonardtown will head out on the road to take on Patuxent at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Thomas Stone, they will take on McDonough on Thursday.
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