Morningside Academy stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Boca Raton Christian Blazers as the Morningside Academy Eagles made off with a 20-5 victory. That's more bragging rights for Morningside Academy, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Gianna DeRicco made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over four innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. DeRicco was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-4.
In other batting news, Addyson Brown was a standout: she scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. Meghan Enyart was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 3-for-5.
On Boca Raton Christian's side, Tess Rodriguez was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing six bases while going 5-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexandria Kersbergen, who scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
The win made it two in a row for Morningside Academy and bumps their season record up to 8-3. As for Boca Raton Christian, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-3.
Morningside Academy will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Westwood at 3:00 p.m. Morningside Academy will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. As for Boca Raton Christian, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Highlands Christian at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Boca Raton Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 11 runs per game this season.
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