North Monterey County had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Soledad Aztecs with a sharp  8-1 victory. That's more bragging rights for North Monterey County, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
  Ariyah Morgan spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on five hits and racked up eight Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't  given up  more than two  walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
 On the hitting side,  the team  relied heavily on  Shaya Baldwin, who  scored a  run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of  Leslie Ruiz, who  went 1-for-4 with a  home run and two  RBI.
 North Monterey County's win bumped their record up to 7-10-1. As for Soledad, their defeat  ended  a  three-game streak of away wins  and  brought them to 10-8.
 North Monterey County will head out on the road to  face off against  Monterey at 6:00  p.m.  on Thursday. Monterey's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3  runs per game  this season, so North Monterey County's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Soledad, they will be playing at home against Carmel at 4:30  p.m.  on Thursday. Soledad is on a three-game streak of home wins, Carmel a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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