Kentlake waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They never let the Kent-Meridian Royals onto the board and left with a 14-0 victory. With that win, Kentlake brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Gavin Liechty made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Liechty has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Liechty was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Matthew Ledbetter looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
Back at the plate, Alex Wiliamson was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Christopher Moore, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Kentlake has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Kent-Meridian, they dropped their record down to 4-15 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Kentlake will have a chance to go back-to-back against Kent-Meridian: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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