Baseball Recap: Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union Drops Season-High Score on Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union). Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Hawks a 17-0 shutout on Friday. The Royals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by six runs or more this season.

Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union pushed their record up to 14-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs over those games. As for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, they are on a 16-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-13.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union will challenge rival George-Little Rock at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn is set to take on their familiar foe South O'Brien at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.