Melbourne put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let the Lake Mary Rams onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory. Melbourne's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three contests.
Jasmine Francik made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 18 over seven innings pitched. Francik has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 17 consecutive pitching appearances. Francik was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Francik wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Alyssa Arnold, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Melbourne pushed their record up to 25-0 with that win, which was their 17th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Lake Mary, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-13 record this season.
Melbourne will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Heritage at 5:00 p.m. Melbourne's pitching crew has only allowed 0.8 runs per game this season, so Heritage's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Lake Mary, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against University at 7:00 p.m. University is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
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