Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Largo). Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Lakewood Spartans an 18-0 shutout on Wednesday. With that win, the Packers brought their scoring average up to 7 runs per game.
Paige Sofge made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the first time she hasn't allowed a single hit since back in April of 2024. She was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Miranda Rollins
| 03/12/25 @ Lakewood | 4 |
| 04/23/24 @ Hollins | 3 |
| 04/05/24 @ Seminole | 3 |
| 02/23/24 vs Indian Rocks Christian | 3 |
| 02/20/24 vs St. Petersburg | 3 |
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Miranda Rollins, who scored three runs and stole Four bases. while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in stolen bases. Another player making a difference was Kaitlin Cheng, who scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-2.
Largo always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .706. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive games.
Largo's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Lakewood, they are on a 15-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.
Coming up, Largo will challenge Tarpon Springs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Largo will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last. Lakewood will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Osceola at 7:00 p.m. on March 25th. Osceola's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so Lakewood's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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