Mikayla Simpson turned in nothing short of a gem on Thursday: she struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was her sixth in a row with more than five innings. On the year, Simpson has an ERA of 2.78 over 68 innings pitched.
Simpson and East Union will head out on the road to square off against Central Catholic at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. East Union will be headed into this one with a pretty big disadvantage in the rankings (they're ranked 239 places lower in California), but they're not letting that get them down. Will they be able to pull off an upset behind Simpson? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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