Herron put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 14-1 margin over the Indianapolis Shortridge Blue Devils.
Jordyn Ault made a splash while hitting and pitching. She pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Ault has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Ault was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Herron let Lydia Lindvall and Chalessy Merino loose on the outfield. Lindvall got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and an RBI, while Merino scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Elena Newsom, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
On Indianapolis Shortridge's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hannah Obajolu, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Herron pushed their record up to 11-9 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Indianapolis Shortridge, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-7-1 record this season.
Herron will be playing in front of their home fans against Irvington Preparatory Academy at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Irvington Preparatory Academy has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.17 runs per game on average), something Herron will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Indianapolis Shortridge, they will challenge Indianapolis Bishop Chatard at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
