Melbourne put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let the Coral Reef Barracudas onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory.
Nobody will forget Jasmine Francik's heroic performance anytime soon (especially Coral Reef's batters): she turned in a perfect game. Francik has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Melbourne's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Alisha Thompson, who went 2-for-2 with a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Hailey Cottrill, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Melbourne's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-0. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs per game. As for Coral Reef, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-5.
Melbourne has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Oakleaf at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Melbourne: 1, Oakleaf: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Coral Reef, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Jensen Beach at 10:00 a.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Jensen Beach: 2.9, Coral Reef: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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