West Johnston put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Everything went their way against the East Wake Warriors as the West Johnston Wildcats made off with a 10-1 victory. Winning may never get old, but West Johnston sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Faith Chapman was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Chapman has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Chapman was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Reagan Sutton, who went 2-for-5 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Laney Pearce, who scored four runs while going 2-for-5.
On East Wake's side, Madison Keith spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and eight unearned) runs on nine hits.
At the plate, East Wake saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alissa Flood, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
West Johnston's win bumped their record up to 8-9. As for East Wake, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4.
West Johnston will head out on the road to square off against Smithfield-Selma at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. West Johnston is facing Smithfield-Selma at the right time seeing as Smithfield-Selma is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for East Wake, they will head out on the road to take on Hunt at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. East Wake is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
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