Baseball Recap: Twin Lakes picks up 12th straight win at home

By Team Reports May 11, 2024, 8:46pm

Baseball Recap: Twin Lakes Indians vs. Elwood Panthers

Twin Lakes stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Elwood Panthers an 11-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Twin Lakes, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Clayton Burton was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Burton has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Burton was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-1.

In other batting news, Twin Lakes let Carson Wagner and CJ Brummett loose on the outfield. Wagner scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Brummett scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Tanner Coble, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Twin Lakes' win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-4. As for Elwood, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-19.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Twin Lakes beat Elwood by a score of 11-0 later that day.

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