North Penn-Liberty put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Troy Trojans a 5-0 shutout. Give North Penn-Liberty's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Not much got past Mackenzi Tice, who gave up just three hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Troy off the board. Tice has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, North Penn-Liberty's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Haley Litzelman, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Nikki Kiscadden, who went 2-for-3 with a triple.
North Penn-Liberty's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-0. As for Troy, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
North Penn-Liberty will be playing in front of their home fans against Wyalusing Valley at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. North Penn-Liberty is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 10 runs per game this season. As for Troy, they will be playing at home against Wellsboro at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Troy's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Wellsboro's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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