Lincoln Southwest waltzed into their game on Saturday with 12 straight wins... but they left with 13. They never let the Elkhorn Antlers onto the board and left with a 13-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Silver Hawks, who have now won 17 matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
The team relied heavily on Hadley Madson, who fired off two home runs, seven RBI, and seven RBI while going 3-for-3. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in home runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Dostal, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
She wasn't the only one working in the home runs department: Lincoln Southwest lost a few balls and finished the game with three home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Lincoln Southwest is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-3 record this season. As for Elkhorn, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 13-13.
Lincoln Southwest is on the road again on Saturday to play Norfolk at 7:30 p.m. Lincoln Southwest's pitching crew has only allowed 1.7 runs per game this season, so Norfolk's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Elkhorn, they will square off against Bellevue East at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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