Manteo's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Friday. They never let the Eastern Christian HomeSchool Trailblazers onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Manteo, who have now won seven matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Bailey Dickerson and Jada Flowers made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Dickerson didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Flowers tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Dickerson has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Dickerson got on base in three of her four plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and an RBI, while Flowers scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
In other batting news, Sydnee Ballance was a standout: she scored a run while going 2-for-4. Bridgett Berry was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Manteo has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-10 record this season. As for Eastern Christian HomeSchool, they dropped their record down to 3-10 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight at home.
Manteo will take on Nansemond-Suffolk Academy at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Manteo has given up an average of 9.1 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. As for Eastern Christian HomeSchool, they will be playing at home against Faith Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Faith Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.9 runs per game this season.
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