Baseball Recap: Brookwood Panthers vs. McAdory Yellowjackets
After losing to McAdory the last time they met, Brookwood decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Brookwood Panthers narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the McAdory Yellowjackets 4-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for Brookwood.
Davis Torri tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Brookwood saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Jones, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
On McAdory's side, they got a good showing from Caleb Reed, who tossed two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks). Reed has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Sawyer Pearsall was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing four bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Eli Payne was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Brookwood is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-15 record this season. As for McAdory, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-10.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Brookwood will face off against Hueytown at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hueytown's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Brookwood's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for McAdory, they will head out on the road to challenge Shades Valley at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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