The Triway Titans will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Independence Blue Devils at 2:00 p.m. Triway will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Triway is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Waynedale (and have done all season long). Triway's pitcher stepped up to hand Waynedale an 18-0 shutout on Friday. Give Triway's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Carter Wachtel was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. Wachtel has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 15 consecutive pitching appearances. Wachtel was also big at the plate, going 2-for-5 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Triway got a massive performance out of Kenzie Gatti, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Samantha Schumacher, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Independence, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over Smithville on Friday.
Not much got past Ally Biondi, who gave up just three hits to keep Smithville off the board.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Camryn Mazzola, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Triway's win bumped their record up to 24-2. As for Independence, they have been performing well recently as they've won 14 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season.
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