The Delphi Lady Oracle softball team won three of four games last week, and have now won eight of their past 11 games.

Delphi took a pair from Hoosier Conference foe Sheridan, winning 8-0 at home last Tuesday night, before traveling to Sheridan on Thursday for the back-half of the home-and-home series, winning 51.

The Lady Oracles then split a double-header on Saturday at Tipton against another conference rival, winning the first game by a score of 8-0, before dropping the second contest 7-2.

Against the Blackhawks last Tuesday, senior Ashley Brodar continued her superb pitching of late, throwing a complete game 1hit shutout her second of the season while striking out 9.

Sheridan's only hit of the game came on Hope McGowan's twoout single in the top of the third inning, as Brodar allowed only four Sheridan hitters to reach base safely, the other three aided by Delphi fielding errors.

McGowan stole both second and third bases, but would be left stranded at third as Brodar struck out Beth Musgrove to retire the side.

The Lady Oracles jumped in front of the Blackhawks early, scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the first inning, despite not having any hits. Kayla Yates and Brodar led off with consecutive walks and scored the game's first two runs after Yates stole both second and third, scoring on Allyssa Lewis' RBI grounder to shortstop.

Brodar later scored on a wild pitch for essentially all of the run support that she would need on the mound to record her eight victory of the season.

Yates led a balanced offensive attack with two hits an RBI and three runs scored, while Emily Kayser also had two hits and two runs scored. Allison Cook led with 2 RBIs, while Erika Hawn contributed the Oracles only extrabase hit, an RBI double in the fifth.

Thursday, sophomore Amanda Schultz took the start on the mound

and earned her first career varsity pitching victory, going 4 innings, allowing only one run and one hit, before Brodar came on in relief with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth. She shut the door on the Sheridan rally and closed the game to earn her first save of the season.

Sam Grimes got things started for the Lady Oracles, leading off the second inning with a triple, Delphi's first of the season. She then scored the first run of the game on Hawn's RBI groundout to the pitcher.

Delphi added three more runs in the top of the fourth inning, highlighted by a Brodar 2 RBI single to right field, scoring Brittany Tyner and Schultz.

Grimes was the only Oracle with more than one hit as she later singled in the seventh inning, going 2of-4 on the game. Brodar's two RBIs and Tyner's two runs scored also led Delphi in the victory.

At Tipton on Saturday, Brodar again took the mound and proceeded to throw her fourth shutout of the season, striking out four while scattering only six hits.

The Blue Devils were never able to put anything together offensively as only two base runners reached as far as third base, compliments of both Brodar and the Delphi defense.

The Lady Oracles again used three walks and two Tipton miscues to score three runs without a hit in the top of the second inning, before scoring five more in the fifth inning to put the game out of reach.

Delphi sent nine batters to the plate in the fifth, with both Yates and Brodar starting the inning with consecutive base hits. After Yates was thrown out at third on a sacrifice bunt attempt, Brodar scored on Kayser's RBI double blasted over the left fielder's head. Schultz added an RBI single, scoring Kayser, while Kristina Barnard, Brittany Atwood and Kirsty Flora each batted in a run.

For the game, Yates, Cook and Schultz each had two hits, while Flora led with two RBIs.

The second game of the doubleheader did not go as well. The Lady Oracles (10-12) jumped in

front in the first inning as Brodar drew a one-out walk and scored on Kayser's RBI single to right-center.

However, Tipton (8-12) struck back in the third inning, scoring four runs, led by a 2-RBI single from Megan Harper, to take a 4-lead off of Atwood, the starting pitcher in game two.

Delphi's only other run came in the bottom of the third inning when Kayser singled to center, scoring Yates who had led-off with a single. Kayser recorded two of Delphi's only four hits and drove in the only two runs.

Delphi will next host North White on Tuesday (too late for print) before hosting Frontier on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. The Lady Oracles travel to Winamac for a double-header on Saturday at 10 a.m. before returning home to face Northwestern on Monday and Clinton Prairie on Tuesday, both slated for 4:30 p.m. starts.