With a playoff game on the line, Moulton rose to the challenge on Friday. They walked away with a 7-3 win over the Leakey Eagles. The victory was familiar territory for Moulton who now have five in a row.
For Leakey's part, Anna (AK) Fortner put in work no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching six innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off three hits. Fortner has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Fortner was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases.
In other batting news, Katie Salazar was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Moulton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Leakey, their loss dropped their record down to 20-8.
Moulton will have a chance to go back-to-back against Leakey: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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