Clay City waltzed into their contest on Friday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They never let the Edgewood Mustangs onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. Give Clay City's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Not much got past Lizzy Sinders, who gave up just five hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Edgewood off the board. Sinders has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Lexi Thompson was excellent, going 1-for-4 with a home run.
On Edgewood's side, ALLY BLAND spent all 7.1 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, Edgewood saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was JAYDEN STEPHENS, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Clay City pushed their record up to 16-1 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Edgewood, their loss dropped their record down to 15-7-1.
Clay City will head out on the road to square off against Bloomfield at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Bloomfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season. As for Edgewood, they are on the road again on Saturday to play Evansville Mater Dei. Evansville Mater Dei is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
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