North Penn-Liberty put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Muncy Indians a 1-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for North Penn-Liberty, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Not much got past Mackenzi Tice, who gave up just five hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep Muncy off the board. Tice has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, North Penn-Liberty's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Payton Chapel, who went 2-for-3 with a triple.
North Penn-Liberty pushed their record up to 18-0 with that victory, which was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Muncy, their defeat ended a 15-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 16-1.
North Penn-Liberty will take on Hughesville at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. North Penn-Liberty's pitching crew has only allowed 0.7 runs per game this season, so Hughesville's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Muncy, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Williamson at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Williamson is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
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