Legend is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Basic. The Legend Titans wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-3 walloping at the hands of the Basic Wolves. Legend has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Xander Meissner made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Cannon Utz, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
On Basic's side, Troy Southisene made a big impact no matter where he played. He pitched three innings while giving up no earned run off three hits. Southisene was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4.
In other pitching news, Lincoln Evans looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, Tate Southisene was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Andruw Giles, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Legend's defeat dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Basic, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season.
Legend is on the road again on Saturday to play Vauxhall Academy (Vauxhall, Alberta) at 8:00 a.m. As for Basic, they will square off against American Fork at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Basic: 4, American Fork: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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