Baseball Recap: New Lexington Panthers vs. West Muskingum Tornadoes
New Lexington had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They walked away with a 7-4 victory over the West Muskingum Tornadoes. That result was just more of the same for these two, as New Lexington also won the last time the pair played last Monday.
Isaac McGill made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits (and only one walk). McGill has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. McGill was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jerek Braglin, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played. Garrett Blosser was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
On West Muskingum's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wes Houston, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
New Lexington's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-2. As for West Muskingum, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-7.
New Lexington will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Philo at 5:00 p.m. New Lexington's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so Philo's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for West Muskingum, they will head out on the road to face off against Tri-Valley at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tri-Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
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