Box Score Monmouth erupted for seven runs in the second inning to break a two-game slide with an 8-3 win over Fontbonne in Clermont, Fla.
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Charlotte Park reached on a error to open the inning and
Emily Watkins supplied the big blow, a three-run double to ignite the Scots' offense. After
Morgan Throop's base hit drove in the first run,
Taylor Smith blasted a double off the centerfield fence to plate
Michaela Guthrie. Park knocked in a pair of runs with a single as the Scots batted around.
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Fontbonne, which took a 1-0 lead in the first, came back with a solo run in the third to cut Monmouth's lead to 7-2. The Griffins added another run in the fourth, but the Scots then slammed the door.
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Maggie Hayes added an insurance run when her two-out double in the fifth scored Guthrie from first.
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Watkins went 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs while added a pair of RBIs. Freshman
Liz Hippen improved to 2-0 striking out 9 while scattering 11 hits and walking 5.
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