Recap: East Wilkes Cardinals vs. North Wilkes Vikings
East Wilkes waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the North Wilkes Vikings by a score of 5-2. This was payback for East Wilkes, who suffered a 9-8 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Trey Handy tossed a big game, striking out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits.
At the plate, East Wilkes' win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kayden Oliver, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
East Wilkes' victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for North Wilkes, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-6.
East Wilkes will have a chance to go back-to-back against North Wilkes: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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