New Site lost against East Union last Tuesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The New Site Royals took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the East Union Urchins. New Site has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
New Site saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Stanley, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On East Union's side, they got a great performance from Luke Elder as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Elder has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ben Basil was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4. Conner Yarbrough was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
New Site's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10. As for East Union, they pushed their record up to 9-2 with that victory, which was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season.
New Site will face off against Shannon at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for East Union, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Booneville at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. East Union's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Booneville's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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