Paxton put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past the Freeport Bulldogs 9-2. That's more bragging rights for Paxton, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Carson Leddon and Collin Stewart did most of the damage at the plate: Leddon scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Stewart scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Stewart has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Noah Morgan, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
On Freeport's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Howard, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases. The team also got some help courtesy of Carson Vogler, who scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Paxton is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for Freeport, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last 11 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season.
As of now, neither Paxton nor Freeport have any future games scheduled.
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