Tigers
| 05/08/25 vs Winfield | 1-5 |
| 05/07/25 vs Summers County | 14-4 |
| 05/05/25 vs PikeView | 10-0 |
| 05/03/25 vs Riverside | 11-5 |
| 04/30/25 @ Liberty | 9-1 |
Shady Spring dropped their record down to 17-11-1 on Thursday, which also ended the team's seven-game streak of wins. They fell 5-1 to the Winfield Generals. The Tigers were red-hot at the plate heading into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the three contests prior), but the Generals' pitchers proved too tough.
As for Winfield, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 20-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games.
For Winfield's part, Preston Keiffer was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. The dominant performance also gave Keiffer a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
In other batting news, Blake Withrow was a standout: he got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one double and one RBI. Brayson Downey was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run.
Coming up, Shady Spring will challenge Midland Trail at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The Patriots have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 13.16 runs per game on average), something the Tigers will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Winfield, they will head out to square off against Huntington at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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