Frontier waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with 13 straight wins... but they left with 14. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Stockdale Mustangs a 3-0 shutout. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Frontier also won the last time the pair played last Tuesday.
The result came thanks to Taylor Sloss's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and racked up six Ks. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 13 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kelsy Rodriguez, who went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Adalynn Garcia, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
On Stockdale's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addison Ochoa, who went 1-for-2 with a triple.
Frontier's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-3. As for Stockdale, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-11-1.
Frontier will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Liberty at 4:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Liberty: 3.2, Frontier: 2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Stockdale, they will head out on the road to take on Independence at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Independence will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
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