Baseball Recap: Collinsville Pirates vs. Wolfe City Wolves
With a playoff game on the line, Collinsville rose to the challenge on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Wolfe City Wolves a 10-0 shutout. Collinsville might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 25 games by six runs or more this season.
Logan Jenkins made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Jenkins has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Jenkins was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI.
In other batting news, Rylan Newman and Reed Patterson did most of the damage at the plate: Newman scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Patterson scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Colin Barnes was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-1.
On Wolfe City's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cayden Herron, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base.
The victory (which was Collinsville's 30th in a row) raised their record to 31-2. As for Wolfe City, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-15.
Collinsville is on the road again on Saturday to play Muenster. Collinsville is facing Muenster at the right time seeing as Muenster is stuck on a three-game losing streak. Wolfe City does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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