Millard North is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Legend. The Millard North Mustangs' pitcher stepped up to hand the Legend Titans a 5-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but the Mustangs sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Jadyn Pokorny tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over six innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Hayden Nelson, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Abby Beard, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Millard North didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Legend only tossed two.
Millard North pushed their record up to 9-3 with that win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Legend, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 5-2 record.
Millard North will head out to face off against Elkhorn South on Tuesday. Millard North is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season. As for Legend, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Mercy at 12:30 p.m. Legend is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
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