Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Heritage). Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Rockdale County Bulldogs a 15-0 shutout on Wednesday. The victory was some much needed relief for the Patriots as it spelled an end to their five-game losing streak.
Nobody will forget Lauren Brown's heroic performance anytime soon (especially Rockdale County's batters): she turned in a perfect game.
On the hitting side, Madisyn Boston and Lylian Forte did most of the damage at the plate: Boston scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3, while Forte went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Chloe Wright, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Heritage always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. The last time their OBP was this high was back in October of 2023.
Heritage's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-9. As for Rockdale County, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
Heritage will look to defend their home field on Thursday against South Gwinnett at 5:00 p.m. Heritage will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last. As for Rockdale County, they will head out to take on Archer at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Archer is coming into the match with five straight victories at home, so Rockdale County will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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