Demers' first shutout propels Rochester to home victory

[ASFN Admin]

Apr. 1—BOX SCORE

At Rochester

WARRIORS 12, GRIZZLIES 0 (5 inn.)

Hoquiam000 00 — 0

Rochester603 3X — 12

ROC Pitching — Demers 4 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO; Hartley 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO. Highlights — Culp 2-4, 2B, 4 RBI, R; LeBaron 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Demers 2-3, 3 RBI, R

Reigning Evergreen Conference MVP Layna Demers fired a four-inning, three-strikeout shutout in her second start in the Class 1A Evergreen League and first shutout over Hoquiam, 12-0 in five innings on Monday night at home.

Demers needed 44 pitches — 29 of them strikes — to go through the Grizzlies lineup unscathed. She got early run support with a six-run bottom of the first that featured RBI hits from Charlie Culp, Arissa LeBaron, Piper Quarnstrom plus Demers.

Rochester (4-1, 3-0 Evergreen) has scored double digit runs in the four-game winning streak. Culp and Demers each recorded two hits and drove in a combined seven runs. Cheyenne Justice scored three times for the Warriors.

Rochester and Hoquiam will tangle again on Thursday.

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