Dublin won the last time they faced East Laurens, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Dublin Fighting Irish skirted past the East Laurens Falcons 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Dublin.
Dublin got a great performance from Landyn Horne as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Tyrese Robinson was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Guyton, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
On East Laurens' side, Konner Oneal made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a home run.
Even though they lost, East Laurens didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. This was only their 15th loss (out of 18 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Dublin's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-16. As for East Laurens, they are on an 18-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-22.
Dublin will have a chance to go back-to-back against East Laurens: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
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