Ishpeming stacked a third blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard in Monday's first game. They put the hurt on the Bark River-Harris Broncos with a sharp 18-7 win. The victory was just business as usual For Ishpeming, who after three games remain undefeated this season.
Payton Manninen made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off five hits. Manninen was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while going 3-for-5.
In other batting news, Ishpeming got a massive performance out of Jenna Maki, who went 4-for-5 with four stolen bases, four runs, and four RBI. Brynn Lanala was another key contributor, going 3-for-5 with five RBI, three runs, and two doubles.
Ishpeming pushed their record up to 3-0 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Bark River-Harris, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-6.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Ishpeming beat Bark River-Harris by a score of 16-3 later that day.
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