East Ridge stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Sumner Stingrays with a sharp 14-2 win. East Ridge's victory was all the more impressive since Sumner was averaging only 3.67 runs allowed on the season.
McKenna DeMartino was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. DeMartino was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with seven RBI and two doubles. She hasn't dropped below three hits for three straight games.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Veronica Peterson, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with three runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Hailey Hunt, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
On Sumner's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sa'Myra Cameron, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
The win (which was East Ridge's third in a row) raised their record to 11-3. They've been dominating during the matches in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 12.3 runs. As for Sumner, their loss dropped their record down to 11-4.
East Ridge is on the road again on Saturday to play Viera at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (East Ridge: 3.7, Viera: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Sumner, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Bloomingdale at 7:00 p.m. Sumner is on a seven-game streak of home wins, Bloomingdale a five-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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