Baseball Recap: Pymatuning Valley Lakers vs. Conneaut Spartans
Pymatuning Valley pushed their score to 17 the last time they played Conneaut, but on Saturday they couldn't quite do it again. The Pymatuning Valley Lakers' pitcher stepped up to hand the Conneaut Spartans a 4-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Pymatuning Valley.
Pymatuning Valley's victory was truly a team effort as eight different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Drake Haines, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
On Conneaut's side, Bryce Spurlin was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Spurlin has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Spurlin was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two doubles.
The win got Pymatuning Valley back to even at 4-4-1. As for Conneaut, their loss was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-8.
Pymatuning Valley will head out on the road to take on Edgewood at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Pymatuning Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 10.4 runs per game this season. As for Conneaut, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Harvey at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Harvey will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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