Ocean Springs stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the D'Iberville Warriors an 8-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Ocean Springs sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Brooklyn Peterson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just zero earned runs on seven hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Presley Newport was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was K?lee Gum, who scored a run while going 2-for-5.
On D'Iberville's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Amiyah Simpkins, who went 2-for-2 with a triple.
Even though they lost, D'Iberville didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ocean Springs only tossed four.
Ocean Springs pushed their record up to 17-7 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs per game. As for D'Iberville, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-5.
Ocean Springs is on the road again on Tuesday to play Biloxi at 6:30 p.m. Ocean Springs is facing Biloxi at the right time seeing as Biloxi is stuck on a ten-game losing streak. As for D'Iberville, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against St. Martin at 6:30 p.m. D'Iberville is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
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