Baseball Recap: Edgewood Mustangs vs. Northview Knights
Edgewood stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Northview Knights with a sharp 12-1 win. Winning may never get old, but Edgewood sure is getting used to it with their eighth in a row.
Brayden Ault made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Ault has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Ault was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Edgewood let Andrew Good and Carter Hayden loose on the outfield. Good scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3, while Hayden scored two runs while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Gunnar Perry, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
On Northview's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Javier Higham, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Edgewood's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3. As for Northview, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-7.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Edgewood will square off against Jasper at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Edgewood: 2.8, Jasper: 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Northview, they will head out on the road to challenge Plainfield at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Plainfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
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