Baseball Recap: Branson Castleberry leads La Center to victory over King's Way Christian

By Team Reports May 4, 2024, 3:28pm

Baseball Recap: La Center Wildcats vs. King's Way Christian Knights

La Center won the last time they faced King's Way Christian, and things went their way on Tuesday too. The La Center Wildcats skirted past the King's Way Christian Knights 9-7. The win made it back-to-back victories for La Center.

The team relied heavily on Branson Castleberry, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Justin Fuller, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-3.

On King's Way Christian's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reece Johnson, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

La Center has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for King's Way Christian, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-9.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: La Center beat King's Way Christian by a score of 10-0 later that day.

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