St. Helena entered their tilt with Middletown with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 9-4 victory over the Middletown Mustangs on Monday. That's more bragging rights for St. Helena, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Ada Blanton made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she tossed seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off nine hits. Blanton was even better at the plate, going 3-for-3 with three doubles, two runs, and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Emily Glakeler, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, a triple, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Ellie Carmichael, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Middletown's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Breanna Pyzer, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
St. Helena has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Middletown, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-11.
St. Helena will be playing at home against Lower Lake at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Helena is on a four-game streak of home wins, Lower Lake a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Middletown, they will head out on the road to face off against Fort Bragg at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Fort Bragg is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season.
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