The Monson Mustangs will be playing at home against the Longmeadow Lancers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, everything went Monson's way against Lenox Memorial as Monson made off with a 16-7 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Monson.
Meanwhile, while Longmeadow put up plenty of runs on Friday, the same can't be said for Holyoke. Longmeadow blew past Holyoke 12-0. With that victory, Longmeadow brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Isabella Blue made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Blue has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Blue was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of her five plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI.
In other batting news, Delaney Schrager and Lexi Winkler did most of the damage at the plate: Schrager scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4, while Winkler scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. Allison Wisnouskas was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Monson's win bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Longmeadow, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-8.
Monson suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Longmeadow in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Longmeadow's Livia Kelly, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Now that Monson knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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