Baseball Recap: Knott County Central extends home winning streak to eight

By Team Reports Apr 25, 2024, 11:38am

Baseball Recap: Knott County Central Patriots vs. Jenkins Cavaliers

Knott County Central stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They never let the Jenkins Cavaliers onto the board and left with a 13-0 victory. That's two games straight that Knott County Central has won by exactly 13 runs.

Brayden Hall made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Hall was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Mason Amburgey, who went 2-for-2 with three runs, four RBI, and a stolen base. Connor Napier was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Knott County Central pushed their record up to 16-6 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Jenkins, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Knott County Central beat Jenkins by a score of 10-0 later that day.

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