Baseball Recap: Monrovia Drops Highest Score of Season Against Indianapolis Shortridge

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Monrovia). Everything went their way against the Indianapolis Shortridge Blue Devils on Thursday as they made off with a 26-2 win. Winning may never get old, but the Bulldogs sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.

Cameron Fathman made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Fathman was also big at the plate, getting on base in two of his five plate appearances with three runs and one RBI.

In other batting news, Monrovia got a massive performance out of Zach Oliphant, who got on base in five of his six plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Oliphant has become a key player for the Bulldogs: the team is 5-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 1-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Grant Kluemper, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs, four RBI, and one triple.

Bulldogs

On Base Percentage

04/24/25 @ Indianapolis Shortridge	64.6%
04/23/25 @ Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter	51.3%
04/22/25 vs Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter	43.8%
04/16/25 vs Beech Grove	43.3%
04/15/25 @ Beech Grove	43.2%
+ 23 more games

Monrovia always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .646. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.

Monrovia pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Indianapolis Shortridge, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.

Coming up, Monrovia will head out to take on Owen Valley at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Indianapolis Shortridge, they have already played their next game, a 14-13 victory against Purdue Broad Ripple on the 26th.