With a playoff game on the line, Midway rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Jordan-Matthews Jets a 5-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Midway sure is getting used to it with their seventh in a row.
Not much got past John McLamb, who gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Jordan-Matthews off the board. McLamb has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tanner Williams, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Scott, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Midway has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Jordan-Matthews, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-13.
Midway will square off against Farmville Central on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Midway: 3.4, Farmville Central: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned. Jordan-Matthews does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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