With a playoff game on the line, Mountain Ridge rose to the challenge on Thursday. They never let the Westlake Thunder onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mountain Ridge.
Not much got past Adison (Red) Brooks, who gave up just four hits to keep Westlake off the board. Brooks has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Mountain Ridge saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sierra Beratto, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Mountain Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Westlake, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 14-13.
Mountain Ridge will have a chance to go back-to-back against Westlake: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.
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