Baseball Recap: Mount Airy Granite Bears vs. Alleghany Trojans
Mount Airy waltzed into their game on Friday with 18 straight wins... but they left with 19. They put the hurt on the Alleghany Trojans with a sharp 10-1 victory. Considering Mount Airy has won 11 contests by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Kamden Hawks and Landon Cox made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Hawks didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Meanwhile, Cox tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Hawks has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Hawks scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Cox scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brison George, who scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Cameryn Wilson was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
On Alleghany's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mack LeMasters, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Alleghany didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. This was only their 11th loss (out of 15 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Mount Airy pushed their record up to 19-1 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Alleghany, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-15.
Mount Airy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Alleghany, they will head out on the road to face off against East Wilkes at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. East Wilkes is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
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