It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Sachem East had no problem doing just that on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Riverhead Blue Waves a 6-0 shutout. The victory was nothing new for Sachem East as they're now sitting on four straight.
Riverhead's batters probably weren't too happy with Olivia Derose, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 12 Ks (she gave up four walks). Derose has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in 12 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Gianna Montes, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Fischer, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI.
Sachem East is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for Riverhead, their loss ended a 17-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 20-1.
As of now, neither Sachem East nor Riverhead have any future games scheduled.
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