In the zone: Which Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky baseball, softball pitchers have shined?
"In the zone" is a bi-weekly feature highlighting some of the top softball and baseball pitching performances in Greater Cincinnati from scores and results reported to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Which Greater Cincinnati baseball players had top performances last week?
Murphy Peter, Ryan Peter and Dillon Cole, Norwood
It was a banner week for the Norwood baseball team.
On April 26, junior Murphy Peter threw a seven-inning no-hitter with seven strikeouts in a 4-3 win over Goshen. The next day, Murphy's cousin, Ryan Peter, tossed a five-inning no-no with 11 strikeouts in a win over North College Hill. Lastly, junior Dillon Cole added a no-hitter the following day, blanking Hughes over five innings with a dozen strikeouts in an 11-0 win over the Big Red.
Patrick Villamagna, La Salle
Locked in a pitchers' duel May 4, the junior fired a complete-game shutout, yielding just three hits, to lead the Lancers to a 1-0 win over Greater Catholic League-South rival St. Xavier.
Justin Hoevel, Badin
The junior notched his first complete-game shutout of the season May 4, finishing with a two-hit shutout and just one walk in Badin's 4-0 victory over Kettering Alter.
Danny Shockley, New Richmond
The senior has allowed just one earned run over his last five appearances. In his last two starts, Shockley twirled a complete-game two-hit shutout in an 8-0 win over Wilmington April 29 and fired 6 ⅓ innings of three-hit shutout ball in a 7-0 win over Goshen May 4.
Logan Vogelgesang, Harrison
The senior was efficient in his last two starts. On April 26, he gave up just three hits and three unearned runs over six innings, striking out eight, in a 3-0 loss to Talawanda. In his next outing May 2, Vogelgesang gave up one earned run over seven innings with nine strikeouts in a 4-1 win over Ross.
Which Greater Cincinnati softball players had top performances last week?
Hannah Green, Norwood
The senior added to Norwood's big week, throwing a five-inning no-hitter with nine strikeouts in shutout victory over Withrow April 27.
Riley Hopkins, Dixie Heights
In four starts from April 26-May 4, the sophomore led the Colonels to wins in each outing, giving up just three earned runs over 27 ⅔ innings (0.76 ERA), walking just four batters with nine strikeouts.
Rylyn Dyer, Georgetown
In her last two starts, the senior combined to throw 14 innings without giving up an earned run, striking out 29. Dyer struck out 18 in a win over Eastern on April 30.
Natalie Barth, Wyoming
The junior has won her last five starts to improve to 10-4 on the season. In wins over Madeira April 29 and Finneytown May 2, Barth gave up just three earned runs over 11 innings with 11 strikeouts.
Maddie Summers, Little Miami
The senior tossed eight shutout, hitless innings in her last two outings, including a five-inning no-hitter with nine strikeouts in a 10-0 victory over Turpin May 2.
Alisha Fox, Mason
Between April 27-29, Fox made three appearances and won both of her starts. The freshman combined to strikeout 16 over 13 shutout innings, picking up victories over Princeton April 27 and Lebanon April 30.
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