Baseball Recap: Woodford County wins going away against Spencer County

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 7:21am

Baseball Recap: Woodford County Yellowjackets vs. Spencer County Bears

Woodford County stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Spencer County Bears as the Woodford County Yellowjackets made off with a 12-5 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Woodford County considering their one-run performance the matchup before.

Landon Heim made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Heim has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Heim was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI.

In other batting news, Brayden Burton was incredible, going 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI. Taylor Penn was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 3-for-5.

Woodford County has been performing well recently as they've won 14 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Spencer County, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-3-2.

Woodford County will take on Madison Central at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Woodford County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season. As for Spencer County, they will head out on the road to challenge Christian Academy-Louisville at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.

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