With each game, however, Monmouth is wedging itself further and further into that conversation.
The Mustangs continued their hot start to the season, bouncing back from two deficits to beat Maranacook 11-7 Monday afternoon. That’s now a 5-1 start for Monmouth, which entered the day in second place in the Class C South Heal points.
Even coach Dave Kaplan had to admit that this kind of a start was far from a certainty.
“I did not expect 5-1, let me tell you,” he said. “We’ve got a couple of freshmen in the lineup, we’re mixing and matching. Today I played 14 kids, we’ve been playing 14. We’re trying to find corner outfielders, and everyone has contributed. So we’re just going to keep rotating until we narrow our focus for the playoffs.”