The Lenape Indians will head out on the road to face off against the Northern Burlington Greyhounds at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Lenape is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Lenape will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run last Saturday, then bounced right back against Camden Catholic last Monday. Lenape came out on top against Camden Catholic by a score of 11-7.
Meanwhile, Northern Burlington faced Bordentown in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Northern Burlington's pitcher stepped up to hand Bordentown a 4-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Northern Burlington sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Mikayla Fontana spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just zero earned runs on five hits and racked up nine Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Northern Burlington saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emily Shiner, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Lenape now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Northern Burlington, their win bumped their record up to 10-2.
Lenape came up short against Northern Burlington in their previous matchup on April 5th, falling 9-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fontana, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up five earned runs off six hits. Now that Lenape knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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