Needles stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They put the hurt on the Awaken Christian Lions with a sharp 11-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for Needles who now have three in a row.
Logan Parker was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and not a single walk). Parker has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Parker was also big at the plate, going 4-for-5 with a home run, four runs, and four RBI.
In other batting news, Dylan Castillo was excellent, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3. Hudson Smith was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
On Awaken Christian's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Wulfenstein, who went 2-for-4 with three stolen bases.
Needles has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Awaken Christian, they dropped their record down to 2-2 with that loss, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Needles will take on Williams at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Needles will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last. As for Awaken Christian, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Eldorado at 3:30 p.m. on April 3rd.
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