The Walnut Grove Warriors are taking a road trip to take on the North Oconee Titans at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Walnut Grove is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Walnut Grove's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against North Oconee as Walnut Grove made off with a 12-0 victory. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six runs or more this season.
Sam Martell made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two hits in seven consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with one home run and four RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in February.
In other batting news, Sean Martell was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Brayden Kelly, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Walnut Grove always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in five consecutive matches.
North Oconee's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Walnut Grove, they pushed their record up to 12-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
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