St. Charles North put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Batavia Bulldogs a 9-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for St. Charles North who now have four in a row.
Not much got past Paige Murray, who gave up just four hits and racked up 15 Ks to keep Batavia off the board. Murray has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ivy Gleeson and Mackenzie Patterson did most of the damage at the plate: Gleeson scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Patterson scored a run and stole two bases while going 4-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Heimbuch, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
St. Charles North is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Batavia, their loss was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-15.
St. Charles North will head out on the road to take on Kaneland at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Batavia, they will be playing at home against Aurora Central Catholic at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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