Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Langston Hughes). Everything went their way against the Banneker Trojans on Thursday as the Langston Hughes Panthers made off with a 17-7 win. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 14-8 last Wednesday.

Harry Gibson
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Harry Gibson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ladanian Brock, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-2. Rodney Weekes was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Langston Hughes always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive matchups.
Langston Hughes' victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Banneker, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Coming up, a feisty cat fight will be fought as Langston Hughes Panthers duke it out with Lovejoy Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Lovejoy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season. As for Banneker, they will head out to face off against Newnan at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Newnan's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Banneker's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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