Baseball Recap: Greene Central Rams vs. Croatan Cougars
Greene Central put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Croatan Cougars a 10-0 shutout. Greene Central might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 12 matches by six runs or more this season.
Greene Central got a great performance from Austin Hardy as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Hardy has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Braden Burress and Noah Uzzell did most of the damage at the plate: Burress scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Uzzell scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Elijah Monroe, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Greene Central's victory was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-0. As for Croatan, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-4.
Greene Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Croatan, they will head out on the road to challenge Swansboro at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Swansboro: 3.4, Croatan: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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