Taylor Brotemarkle (top) and Mia Farris get mentally prepared for Friday night softball. (Susan Farris photo)
It’s like the 1927 Yankees have been reborn, but as hit-happy young women.
Central Whidbey Little League has two softball diamond squads, and both are tearing the hide off the ball this spring.
The Juniors team is 5-0 and averaging 19.4 runs a game.
And then there’s the Majors squad, which won another game Friday night, torching host North Whidbey 21-5 in a game called after three innings.
The Hammerheads are putting 18.5 runs a game up on the scoreboard, having outscored their foes 74-15 en route to a 4-0 start to the season.
Friday night was quick, it was efficient, and it was an offensive bonanza, as Central Whidbey dropped 11 runs in the top of the first and never looked back.
After adding a modest two runs in the second, the Hammerheads tossed another eight runs into the mix in the third, stretching their lead out to 21-1 at one point.
North Whidbey got a little bit back in the final inning, but CWLL pitcher Chloe Marzocca was virtually unhittable.
She got eight of her nine outs via a strikeout, and surrendered just two hits.
Marzocca also had her bat poppin’, pounding a liner into the gap for a game-busting RBI triple.
Everywhere you looked, there was a different Hammerhead hitter swinging a hot stick, with Taylor Brotemarkle leading the way with four hits, four runs, and three RBI’s.
Madison McMillan (three hits, two runs, two RBI), Mia Farris (two hits, three runs, two RBI), Teagan Calkins (two hits, three runs), and Allison Nastali (two hits, two RBI) also filled up the stat sheet.
“Allison laid down a great bunt,” Central coach Fred Farris said. “And Brionna (Blouin) had a great game behind the plate.”
Mayleen Weatherford (a hit, two runs), Jada Heaton (a hit, two runs), Katie Marti (two runs) and Aleksia Jump rounded out the roster that is coming for all the wins.
All of them, I said.
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