Northeastern owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Monday. They came out on top against the South Western Mustangs by a score of 4-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Northeastern.
Drew Barshinger tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over 6.1 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nathan Moser, who went 3-for-3 with three RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Conner Rippo, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
On South Western's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Winkler, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Northeastern has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for South Western, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 16-1.
Northeastern will head out on the road to take on Central York at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Central York is on a three-game streak of home wins, Northeastern a five-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. South Western will take on Red Lion at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (South Western: 2.6, Red Lion: 2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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