Baseball Recap: Bunn Wildcats vs. Roanoke Rapids Yellowjackets
Bunn waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They never let the Roanoke Rapids Yellowjackets onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory. Seven seems to be a good number for Bunn as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Ethan Pearce made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Pearce has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances. Pearce was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Elijah Austin, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Keagan Price, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Bunn is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Roanoke Rapids, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-4.
Bunn will have a chance to go back-to-back against Roanoke Rapids: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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