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Lakota West
senior pitcher Lindsay Bodeker pitched a 1-hit shutout, fanning 14
batters along the way to help lead the No. 1-ranked Firebirds to a 3-0
win over No. 2 Fairfield in a Greater Miami Conference fast-pitch
softball game on Tuesday at Lakota West.
The Firebirds (10-1, 7-0 GMC) scored their first
run of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning on an RBI single by
Rachel Shepherd and added two more in the sixth inning keyed by an RBI
triple by Courtney Schott, who went 3-for-3 at the plate. Lakota West
collected eight hits on the day.
Bodeker, a University of Akron recruit, upped her
record to 10-1. She now has 133 strikeouts and a perfect 0.00 ERA in 77
innings pitched.
Fairfield’s (10-3, 6-3) lone hit of the game came
on a bunt single by Rebecca Brunner in the sixth inning.
Fairfield ace Mindy Breitholle (7-2) was strong
through the first five innings and recorded 11 strikeouts on the day
before giving up the decisive three runs in the final two innings. |