West Lauderdale waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over the Newton County Cougars. This was payback for West Lauderdale, who suffered a 7-6 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Caden Boswell spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits.
On the hitting side, West Lauderdale saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Leeds Jenkins, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Kayden Peoples was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base.
West Lauderdale is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Newton County, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-7.
West Lauderdale will have a chance to go back-to-back against Newton County: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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