Baseball Recap: Bluffton Tigers vs. Southern Wells Raiders
Bluffton can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Southern Wells Raiders as the Bluffton Tigers made off with a 14-1 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Bluffton considering their one-run performance the match before.
Brody Lewis was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Lewis was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Griffin Morgan looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Braxton Betancourt, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Axton Beste, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
On Southern Wells' side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wyatt Yoder, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Bluffton has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Southern Wells, they dropped their record down to 3-16 with that defeat, which was their tenth straight on the road.
Bluffton will face off against Huntington North at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Southern Wells, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Anderson Prep Academy at 5:30 p.m. Anderson Prep Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
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