In what's become a running theme this season, Lumberton gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Purnell Swett Rams a 13-0 shutout. Give Lumberton's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Not much got past Halona Sampson, who gave up just one hit and racked up six Ks to keep Purnell Swett off the board.
On the hitting side, Jaelyn Hammond and Aniya Merritt did most of the damage at the plate: Hammond scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Merritt scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Merritt has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Stone, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Lumberton's victory bumped their record up to 20-3. As for Purnell Swett, their loss dropped their record down to 9-12.
Lumberton will be playing in front of their home fans against Douglas Byrd at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lumberton is facing Douglas Byrd at the right time seeing as Douglas Byrd is stuck on a 17-game losing streak. As for Purnell Swett, they will head out on the road to square off against Gray's Creek at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Gray's Creek will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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