Portsmouth stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They put the hurt on the Middletown Islanders with a sharp 17-2 victory. The win was nothing new for Portsmouth as they're now sitting on six straight.
Mia Ruggieri made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Ruggieri was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kaelyn Mahoney, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, four runs, and three RBI. Kaylyn Aubuchon was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.
Portsmouth has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Middletown, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-12.
Portsmouth will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against West Warwick at 5:00 p.m. West Warwick is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.9 runs per game this season. As for Middletown, they will head out on the road to take on Barrington at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
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