Millard North entered their tilt with Gretna East on Friday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Gretna East Griffins a 12-0 shutout. Considering the Mustangs have won 12 matchups by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Millard North got a massive performance out of Abby Beard, who fired off two home runs and five RBI while going 3-for-3. The dominant performance gave Beard a new career-high in home runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Macey Jarose, who went 2-for-2 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Millard North hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in six consecutive matches.
Millard North is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Gretna East, their loss dropped their record down to 11-10.
Millard North's road trip will continue as they head out to face Millard West at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Millard North: 2.8, Millard West: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Gretna East, they will take on Lincoln Southeast at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Gretna East is facing Lincoln Southeast at the right time seeing as Lincoln Southeast is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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