Wabash fell victim to Southwood and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Southwood Knights. Wabash has not had much luck with Southwood recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
For Southwood's part, not much got past Natalie Sutphin, who gave up just four hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Wabash off the board. Sutphin has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Izzy Ashba, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a triple. Grace Lambert was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
Wabash's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-11. As for Southwood, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
Wabash does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Southwood, they will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Adams Central at 10:00 a.m. Southwood is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
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