There's no place like home for Highland Park, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road last Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Berkner Rams an 18-0 shutout on Tuesday. That's more bragging rights for Highland Park, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Cecilia Knutson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Knutson has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Knutson was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Highland Park got a massive performance out of Campbell Sharpe, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Faith Horner was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
On Berkner's side, they saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sienna Jimenez, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Highland Park has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-12 record this season. As for Berkner, they dropped their record down to 2-5 with that defeat, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Coincidentally, both teams will both be playing Irving the next time they take the field. Highland Park will head out to face Irving at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, while Berkner will host them at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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