After a string of 19 wins, Morehead's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Dudley Panthers by a score of 4-3.
Brittyn Barnes was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Morehead didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Dudley only tossed six.
On Dudley's side, the team relied heavily on Allen Powell, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Antonio Lee Jr., who went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.
Having lost for the first time this season, Morehead fell to 19-1. As for Dudley, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season.
Morehead has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome North Forsyth at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Morehead is facing North Forsyth at the right time seeing as North Forsyth is stuck on a 13-game losing streak. As for Dudley, they will head out on the road to square off against Southern Guilford at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Dudley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 10.1 runs per game this season.
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