With a playoff game on the line, St. Bernard rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Lower Lake Trojans a 4-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for St. Bernard's as they're now sitting on three straight.
The result came thanks to Oni Orcutt's shutout, as she gave up just five hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, St. Bernard's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Sahara Tupua, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
On Lower Lake's side, Mariah Bal spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and one unearned) runs on three hits and racked up 12 Ks.
Even though they lost, Lower Lake didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Bernard's only tossed five.
St. Bernard's pushed their record up to 19-9 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Lower Lake, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-9.
St. Bernard's will take on Berean Christian at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Berean Christian will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last. Lower Lake does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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