Wayne's rock-solid pitcher showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Saturday. They beat the Highway 6 Trailblazers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 12-0. The result was nothing new for the Blue Devils, who have now won 13 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Sammi Gubbels made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. Gubbels was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-2 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Wayne got a big performance out of Nyla Bolles, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Mackenzie Nissen, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wayne was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 0% earlier this season, but in their last ten contests they've averaged 37.9%.
Wayne has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Highway 6, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-13.
Wayne didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, an 11-2 loss vs. Kearney Catholic on the 28th. Highway 6 has also already played their next game, an 8-7 victory against Cozad on the 28th.
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