Baseball Recap: Sperry Pirates vs. Beggs Demons
Sperry stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Beggs Demons an 11-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Sperry, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Dakota Angielski made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over six innings pitched. Angielski has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Angielski was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Avery Humphrey and Brady Benham did most of the damage at the plate: Humphrey scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Benham scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Benham is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Gavin Wood, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Sperry is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season. As for Beggs, their loss dropped their record down to 15-12.
Sperry will have a chance to go back-to-back against Beggs: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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