In what's become a running theme this season, Montverde Academy gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Taylor Wildcats as the Montverde Academy Eagles made off with an 11-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for Montverde Academy who now have four in a row.
Emerson Gunkel spent all five innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on two hits.
On the hitting side, Elena Friedman was incredible, going 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Luna Taboas, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-4.
On Taylor's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Amya Ramos, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Montverde Academy's win was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-3. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.8 runs per game. As for Taylor, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-9.
Montverde Academy will stay at home for another game and welcome Umatilla at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Umatilla has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.33 runs per game on average), something Montverde Academy will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Taylor, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on DeLand at 4:30 p.m. on April 2nd. DeLand is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.1 runs per game this season.
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