by Josh Eyrich, AP Writer
Aylah Jones continued her dominate ways striking out 14 as the Lady Panthers beat Kewanee 2-0 Wednesday afternoon.
Jones allowed just 2 hits over her seven innings pitched. Fanning 14 of the 24 batters she faced, Jones started the game off by striking out her first four batters. In a pitchers duel throughout Kewanee struck out 11 Panthers while scattering 5 hits and allowing just 1 earned run.
At the plate it was Aylah Jones who scored the first run of the game. After doubling with 2 outs in the top of the third Jones scored on follow up RBI single off the bat of Emma Davis. The Panthers second run came in the top of the fifth when after taking a walk Jones went from first to third on a Davis sacrifice bunt and scored the next at bat on a Kewanee throwing error.
Coach Kerrie Tenboer said, “We played a solid game tonight. Some offensive miscues, but we took advantage of their errors to score a couple runs. Aylah pitched yet another great game. We look forward to finishing out the conference strong in the next week.”
The Lady Panthers are now 11-3 and have won 6 in a row.
