{"id":159615,"date":"2026-04-07T17:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159615\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:34:14","slug":"scranton-picks-up-fifth-consecutive-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159615\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton Picks Up Fifth Consecutive Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"IDeeae858bc05e40719b9a5a5b7f62f950\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:24px;\" class=\"infosentience-float-left \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775583254_222_62d56b43-347c-44a5-9885-ff0646a29b44.gif\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display=\" none=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"ID550a26a6716c4da3a2d4e4ac7102f891\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:12px;font-family:Siro-Semibold,Siro;font-size:16px !important;font-weight:500;\" class=\"infosentience-standard-text infosentience-float-left \" tabindex=\"-1\">Rockets<\/p>\n<p>03\/19\/26 vs Hackett1103\/13\/26 @ Dardanelle1103\/06\/26 vs Westside1103\/12\/26 vs Sacred Heart803\/10\/26 vs Sacred Heart8<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:1\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ar\/scranton\/scranton-rockets\/softball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scranton<\/a> extended their winning streak  to five  on Monday, bumping them up to 10-2. They were the clear victors by  a  9-3 margin over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ar\/mansfield\/mansfield-tigers\/softball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mansfield Tigers<\/a>. The Rockets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six  runs or more this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:2\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ar\/scranton\/scranton-rockets\/athletes\/delaney-mainer-2026-\/?careerid=1dtp9mv9gsaaa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> DeLaney Mainer (2026)<\/a> made a big impact no matter where she played. She  struck out ten batters over  seven innings while giving up just one earned  (and two unearned) runs off   12  hits (and only one walk). That&#8217;s the most  strikeouts  she has posted since back in April of 2025. She was also big at the plate,  going 2-for-4 with two  runs and one  RBI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:3\"> In other batting news, Scranton let <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ar\/scranton\/scranton-rockets\/athletes\/mackenzie-croft-2028-\/?careerid=to8ssn92g2f88\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Mackenzie Croft (2028)<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ar\/scranton\/scranton-rockets\/athletes\/katie-vonderheide-2027-\/?careerid=ll4ptq9edlql5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Katie Vonderheide (2027)<\/a> run wild. Croft (2028)  went 3-for-4 with three  doubles, three  RBI,  and one  run, while  Vonderheide (2027)  got on base  in all four of her plate appearances with two  runs, one  stolen base,  and one  RBI. What&#8217;s more,  Vonderheide (2027) posted two  hits, the most she&#8217;s  had since back in March. Another player making a difference was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ar\/scranton\/scranton-rockets\/athletes\/marrissa-layes-2026-\/?careerid=uas9b0323jb00\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Marrissa Layes (2026)<\/a>, who  went 1-for-4 with two  RBI, one  run,  and one  double.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:4\">As for Mansfield, they now  have a losing record of 5-6. They haven&#8217;t had much luck with Scranton recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they&#8217;ve met.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:5\"> On Mansfield&#8217;s side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ar\/mansfield\/mansfield-tigers\/athletes\/abby-smith\/?careerid=gt4utg7a6hop9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Abby Smith<\/a>, who  went 3-for-4 with one  stolen base and one  run. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ar\/mansfield\/mansfield-tigers\/athletes\/bailey-quick\/?careerid=2om0vl8uk77vf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Bailey Quick<\/a> was another,  going 1-for-4 with one  stolen base, one  run,  and one  double.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:6\"> Coming up, Scranton will head out on the road to  challenge  Magazine  at 4:30  p.m.  on Thursday. As for Mansfield, they will welcome Lamar  at 10:39  a.m.  on Tuesday. The Warriors&#8217; pitching crew has only allowed 1.3  runs per game  this season, so the Tigers&#8217; hitters will have their work cut out for them.<\/p>\n<p>Article generated by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/infosentience.com\/\">infoSentience<\/a> based on data entered on MaxPreps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rockets 03\/19\/26 vs Hackett1103\/13\/26 @ Dardanelle1103\/06\/26 vs Westside1103\/12\/26 vs Sacred Heart803\/10\/26 vs Sacred Heart8 Scranton extended their winning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-159615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}