Baseball Recap: West Lauderdale Knights vs. Northeast Lauderdale Trojans
West Lauderdale stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Northeast Lauderdale Trojans a 10-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for West Lauderdale who now have six in a row.
Carter Horton tossed a big game, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched.
At the plate, West Lauderdale let Leeds Jenkins and Cannon Graham loose on the outfield. Jenkins scored two runs while going 2-for-2, while Graham got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two runs and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Ridge Brown, who scored a run.
West Lauderdale is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for Northeast Lauderdale, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-9.
West Lauderdale will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Enterprise at 1:00 p.m. West Lauderdale will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak alive. As for Northeast Lauderdale, they will head out on the road to square off against Newton County at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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