The Pleasure Ridge Park Panthers will take on the South Oldham Dragons at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
South Oldham will be up against a hot Pleasure Ridge Park team: the squad just extended their winning streak to 14. The Panthers put the hurt on Hancock County with a sharp 19-3 victory on Saturday.
Henry County typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday South Oldham proved too difficult a challenge. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 10-0 shutout.
Kaylee Fitzner made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits over five innings pitched. She has been consistent: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with two RBI.
In other batting news, Lucy Knabel and Grace Turner did most of the damage at the plate: Knabel went 3-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI, while Turner went 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Addi Schrecker, who went 1-for-3 with three runs and one RBI.
Pleasure Ridge Park's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 39-3. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for South Oldham, the win got them back to even at 13-13.
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