Baseball Recap: Reading Memorial Rockets vs. Melrose Red Raiders
Reading Memorial waltzed into their game on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They skirted past the Melrose Red Raiders 3-1. That's two games straight that Reading Memorial has won by exactly two runs.
Reading Memorial got a great performance from Ryan Marino as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Reading Memorial's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Sam Clark, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Will Moore was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with an RBI.
Reading Memorial's victory bumped their record up to 7-9. As for Melrose, their loss dropped their record down to 8-10.
Reading Memorial didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 9-6 win vs. Woburn Memorial on the 22nd. Melrose does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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