Baseball Recap: East Rowan extends home winning streak to 23

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 6:48am

Baseball Recap: East Rowan Mustangs vs. Lake Norman Charter Knights

East Rowan had already won 18 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it 19 on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Lake Norman Charter Knights as they made off with an 11-3 victory. Considering East Rowan has won 19 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Logan Dyer made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Dyer was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on McCall Henderson, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a run, and a double. Another player making a difference was Braden Shive, who scored three runs while going 2-for-2.

On Lake Norman Charter's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jesus Acuna, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

East Rowan pushed their record up to 26-1 with that win, which was their 23rd straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lake Norman Charter, their loss dropped their record down to 17-7.

As of now, neither East Rowan nor Lake Norman Charter have any future games scheduled.

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