East Wilkes waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the North Wilkes Vikings by a score of 5-2. This was payback for East Wilkes, who suffered a 9-8 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Trey Handy tossed a big game, striking out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits.
At the plate, East Wilkes' win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kayden Oliver, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
East Wilkes' victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for North Wilkes, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-6.
East Wilkes will have a chance to go back-to-back against North Wilkes: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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