Desert Hills entered their tilt with Pine View with 13 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 14. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Pine View Panthers an 18-0 shutout on Thursday. Considering Desert Hills has won 12 games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Lulu West made a big impact no matter where she played. She struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and not a single walk). West has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. West was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-1.
In other batting news, Hallee Heath was incredible, going 3-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Riley Greene, who went 3-for-3 with four RBI, a stolen base, and a run.
On Pine View's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaycee Day, who went 1-for-1 with a double.
Desert Hills pushed their record up to 20-2 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Pine View, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-19.
Desert Hills will head out on the road to square off against Ridgeline at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Desert Hills: 2.4, Ridgeline: 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. Pine View does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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