New London scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Monroeville Eagles 17-15. The win made it back-to-back victories for New London.
New London got a big performance out of Joe Gum, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jacob Myers, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
On Monroeville's side, Landin Hershiser was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Hershiser was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Heath Ringer led a balanced group of hitters, going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and a triple. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Owen Patchen was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing five bases while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Monroeville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. That's the best batting average they've managed all season.
New London has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-14-1 record this season. As for Monroeville, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-16.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. New London will face off against Colonel Crawford at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Monroeville, they will head out on the road to challenge Plymouth at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Plymouth will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
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