Baseball Recap: Enumclaw Hornets vs. Washington Patriots
Enumclaw stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Washington Patriots a 22-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Enumclaw sure is getting used to it with their eighth in a row.
Riley Rutledge made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Rutledge was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Enumclaw got a massive performance out of Landon Wall, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Drew Francis was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-1.
Enumclaw pushed their record up to 8-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 15.8 runs per game. As for Washington, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5.
Enumclaw will have a chance to go back-to-back against Washington: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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