Defiance put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Memorial Roughriders a 10-0 shutout. Considering the Bulldogs have won three matchups by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The result came thanks to Brezlen Zipfel's shutout, as he gave up just a hit and racked up 12 Ks.
At the plate, Logan Hutcheson was a standout: he got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Cody Shaw was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.
Bulldogs
| 04/17/25 vs Memorial | 10-0 |
| 04/11/25 vs Ottawa-Glandorf | 7-6 |
| 04/10/25 vs Genoa Area | 15-3 |
| 04/04/25 vs Paulding | 9-1 |
| 05/23/24 vs Maumee | 2-0 |
| + 4 more games |
Defiance pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Memorial, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-2.
Coming up, Defiance will be playing at home against Napoleon at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Bulldogs 2.8, the Wildcats 4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Memorial, they will square off against Parkway at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Panthers have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.33 runs per game on average), something the Roughriders will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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