Baseball Recap: McCreary Central extends home winning streak to seven

By Team Reports Apr 20, 2024, 9:02am

Baseball Recap: McCreary Central Raiders vs. Williamsburg Yellow Jackets

In what's become a running theme this season, McCreary Central gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They put the hurt on the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets with a sharp 11-1 win. The victory was nothing new for McCreary Central as they're now sitting on three straight.

Kolton Summers made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Summers was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

In other batting news, Benjamin Irvin was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Carter Gabbard, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

McCreary Central's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-3. As for Williamsburg, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-15.

McCreary Central will head out on the road to square off against Burgin at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. McCreary Central is facing Burgin at the right time seeing as Burgin is stuck on a 15-game losing streak. As for Williamsburg, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Corbin at 6:00 p.m. Corbin's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Williamsburg's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

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