Baseball Preview: Western Branch Bruins vs. James Island Trojans
The Western Branch Bruins will head out on the road to take on the James Island Trojans at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are still undefeated (Western Branch has five wins, while James Island.
Western Branch put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Lakeland with a sharp 10-2 win. That's two games straight that Western Branch has won by exactly eight runs.
Western Branch got a great performance from Miles Melescu as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Melescu has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time he's pitched this season. PJ Tone came in to relieve Melescu and was airtight, giving up no runs, hits or walks in his one inning pitched.
On the hitting side, Logan Adams was a standout: he scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakson Walter, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, James Island faced Hilton Head Christian Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. James Island came out on top in a nail-biter against Hilton Head Christian Academy and snuck past 8-6.
Western Branch's victory bumped their record up to 5-0. As for James Island, they pushed their record up to 13-0-1 with that win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season.
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