Decatur Central lost against Lawrence North back in May of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Decatur Central Hawks took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lawrence North Wildcats. Decatur Central has not had much luck with Lawrence North recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Decatur Central saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Michael Garrison, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On Lawrence North's side, they got a great performance from Brendan Boynton as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.
On the hitting side, Logan Crock was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Theo Kramer was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Decatur Central's defeat dropped their record down to 8-13. As for Lawrence North, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-3.
Decatur Central will be playing at home against Martinsville at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Martinsville is coming into the matchup with eight straight losses on the road, meaning Decatur Central will have to defend against a team hungry for a win. As for Lawrence North, they will face off against Pike at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Lawrence North's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Pike's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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