Baseball Recap: South Lenoir Blue Devils vs. Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs
South Lenoir stacked a fourth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past the Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs 12-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for South Lenoir.
Braden Barnett was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out six batters over 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Barnett was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Austin Clements looked comfortable as he pitched 3.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
Back at the plate, South Lenoir got a massive performance out of Adam McDonald, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Gage Howard, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
On Wallace-Rose Hill's side, Reid Page was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. Page is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last six games he's played. Caden Gavin was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
South Lenoir's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-4. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.7 runs per game. As for Wallace-Rose Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6.
South Lenoir will head out on the road to square off against Southwest Onslow at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Southwest Onslow is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season. As for Wallace-Rose Hill, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against East Duplin at 7:00 p.m. Wallace-Rose Hill is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
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