With a playoff game on the line, Northeast rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Hollins Royals a 4-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Northeast as they're now sitting on eight straight.
Not much got past Cory Geinzer, who gave up just two hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep Hollins off the board.
At the plate, Northeast's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jayden Cannizzaro, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Sorensen, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
On Hollins' side, Julian Rosario was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits (and not a single walk).
Northeast is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season. As for Hollins, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-14 record this season.
Northeast is on the road again on Thursday to play Osceola at 7:30 p.m. Northeast's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Osceola's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Hollins does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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