Highland Park came tearing into Monday's game with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Richardson Eagles a 10-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Highland Park considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
For Richardson's part, they got a good showing from Andrew Belanger, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off three hits.
Highland Park is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-11-1 record this season. As for Richardson, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-14.
Highland Park will be playing in front of their home fans against Pearce at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Highland Park is on a six-game streak of home wins, Pearce a six-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Richardson, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play Dallas Jesuit at 7:00 p.m. Dallas Jesuit is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
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