Brainerd's Elaina Christianson owned a hot bat going 3-3 with a double, triple, two RBIs, three runs and two stolen bases in the Warriors 7-0 victory over St. Cloud Tech in a Central Lakes Conference game Friday at Adamson Field in Brainerd.
Maddie Ellingson also collected three hits, including a double and triple, drove in one and scored twice.
Winning pitcher Jordyn Sullivan went all seven innings allowing two hits with five strikeouts.
The Warriors have won four straight.
"We played our most complete game of the year tonight," Warriors coach Shane Jordan said. "Jordyn Sullivan pitched a great game. I'm really proud of her effort tonight. We also played great defense. Jayda Johnson made a tremendous catch in left, Kylie Lange threw two runners out at first from right field and Kaye Smude made a few nice plays as well.
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"We also put the ball in play and made really good swings. Little things to work on if we're going to play our best ball. Overall I thought we played very good."
St. Cloud Tech 0 2 0
Brainerd 7 9 0
WP: Jordyn Sullivan. LP: Bautch. 2B: B-Maddie Ellingson, Elaina Christianson. 3B: B-Ellingson, Christianson. Conference: Brd 3-2. Overall: Brd 5-2. Next: Brainerd hosts tournament 11 a.m. Saturday.
