Northside entered their tilt with Jonesboro on Thursday with 20 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 21. They were the clear victor by an 18-2 margin over the Jonesboro Cardinals. Considering the Patriots have won 18 games by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Lily Bravo was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in hits. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with an RBI.
In other batting news, Northside got a massive performance out of Addie Renner, who scored three runs while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Laci Martinez, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Northside was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .474. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in five consecutive contests.
Northside's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 24-2. As for Jonesboro, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-12 record this season.
Northside wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 5-0 win against Columbus on the 4th. As for Jonesboro, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Cardinals dukes it out withStarr's Mill at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Jonesboro is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
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