On Saturday, the West Johnston Wildcats suffered a tough 8-1 defeat at the hands of the East Wilkes Cardinals. That's two games in a row now that West Johnston has lost by exactly seven runs.
West Johnston saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cali Stephenson, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
This is the second loss in a row for West Johnston and nudges their season record down to 4-7. As for East Wilkes, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-2.
West Johnston didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, an 11-1 loss vs. D.H. Conley on the 30th. As for East Wilkes, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Starmount at 6:00 p.m. East Wilkes' pitching crew has only allowed 1.5 runs per game this season, so Starmount's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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