Northeastern stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They never let the Monroe Central Golden Bears onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Northeastern considering their two-run performance the contest before.
The team relied heavily on Alexis Russell, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-2. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times she's played. Lillian Null was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
On Monroe Central's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayme Brannan, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Northeastern is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Monroe Central, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-15.
Northeastern will head out on the road to challenge Hagerstown at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Northeastern is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season. As for Monroe Central, they will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Madison-Grant at 5:00 p.m. Monroe Central has given up an average of 10.4 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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