Grand Island Central Catholic never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over the Hershey Panthers. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Crusaders.
Not much got past Logan Rainforth, who gave up just four hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Hershey off the board. The dominant performance gave Rainforth a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, Grand Island Central Catholic's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Laura Blake, who went 1-for-3 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Anna Tibbetts, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with a stolen base and a double.
Grand Island Central Catholic didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Grand Island Central Catholic pushed their record up to 8-6 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Hershey, they are on a 14-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Highway 6 the next time they take the field. Hershey will head out to face Highway 6 at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, while Grand Island Central Catholic will play them later in the day, at TBD.
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