Baseball Recap: Watauga Pioneers vs. Ashe County Huskies
In what's become a running theme this season, Watauga gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They never let the Ashe County Huskies onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The win was familiar territory for Watauga who now have three in a row.
Not much got past Jameson Hodges, who gave up just three hits and racked up six Ks to keep Ashe County off the board. Hodges has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Evan Burroughs, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. He hasn't dropped below two stolen bases for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddox Greene, who scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Ashe County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Watauga only tossed six.
Watauga is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Ashe County, they dropped their record down to 12-8 with that defeat, which was their third straight at home.
Watauga will face off against Ashe County at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Watauga's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Ashe County's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Ashe County, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Freedom at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Ashe County is facing Freedom at the right time seeing as Freedom is stuck on a 15-game losing streak.
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