In what's become a running theme this season, Westlake gave their fans yet another huge  victory on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Newbury Park Panthers  a   16-0 shutout. The  win was nothing new for Westlake as they're now sitting on six straight.
 Westlake got a great performance from  Dylan Volantis as he  didn't allow a single  earned run and  only two  hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Volantis has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't  tossed less than seven  strikeouts every time he's  pitched this season.
 On the hitting side,  Nate Johnson was a standout: he got on base  in four of his five plate appearances with a  home run, three  runs,  and four  RBI. Another player making a difference was  Will Kaczynski, who  went 2-for-4 with a  home run, four  RBI,  and two  runs.
 On Newbury Park's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was  Owen Meli, who  went 2-for-3 with a  stolen base.
 Westlake is  on a roll lately: they've  won ten of their last 11 matchups,  which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record  this season. As for Newbury Park, they are  on  a  four-game losing streak  that has dropped them down to 12-9.
 Westlake will have a chance to go back-to-back against Newbury Park: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled  at 3:30  p.m.  on Friday.
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