After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Mount Vernon, Walker was happy to have turned things around on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Osborne Cardinals an 18-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Wolverines considering their two-run performance the match before.
Lily Brevick was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). That's the most strikeouts she has posted since back in August of 2023. She was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Walker got a big performance out of Logan Tyson, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Ariel Lewis, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Walker didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Osborne didn't tossed any.
Walker's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-6. As for Osborne, they dropped their record down to 2-7 with that loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Walker will venture away from home to square off against Whitefield Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Whitefield Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season. As for Osborne, they will challenge Hillgrove at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hillgrove will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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