Monomoy is 10-0 against Nantucket since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Monomoy Sharks have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Nantucket Whalers at 4:00 p.m. Monomoy's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Nantucket's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Monomoy headed into their last game having not scored more than two runs for three straight, but Sturgis West let them put that streak behind them. Monomoy put the hurt on Sturgis West with a sharp 14-1 win on Wednesday. Considering Monomoy has won four contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Chace Robbins was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit (and only one walk). Robbins was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Monomoy got a massive performance out of Gareth Voss, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Reign Stephens was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple.
Meanwhile, sadly, Nantucket is still looking for their first win of the season after five matchups. They fell just short of O'Bryant by a score of 1-0 on Saturday.
The victory got Monomoy back to even at 4-4. As for Nantucket, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Monomoy's way against Nantucket in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Monomoy made off with a 14-4 win. Will Monomoy repeat their success, or does Nantucket have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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