In what's become a running theme this season, Orangeburg-Wilkinson gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Lower Richland Diamond Hornets with a sharp 17-1 victory. With that win, Orangeburg-Wilkinson brought their scoring average up to 6.8 runs per game.
Leonides Evans was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up no earned run off two hits (he also only allowed one walk). Evans was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with four RBI.
In other batting news, Orangeburg-Wilkinson got a big performance out of Demari Battle, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Aaron Ulmer was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
On Lower Richland's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kayden Sumpter, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base.
The victory made it two in a row for Orangeburg-Wilkinson and bumps their season record up to 5-7. As for Lower Richland, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-8.
Orangeburg-Wilkinson will head out on the road to face off against Calhoun County at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Orangeburg-Wilkinson is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses. As for Lower Richland, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Columbia at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lower Richland is facing Columbia at the right time seeing as Columbia is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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