On Thursday, the Baker County Wildcats earned a 4-1 win over the Benedictine Cadets. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Baker County.
Colson Altman tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Wesley Crockett, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Benedictine's side, Landon Ludwig was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned run off one hit. Ludwig was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base.
In other pitching news, Benedictine got a good showing from Colvin Proto, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
Ludwig wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Joseph Garner, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Benedictine didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Baker County only tossed nine.
Baker County is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Benedictine, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-8.
Baker County will head out on the road to take on Branford at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Branford is coming into the matchup with three straight losses at home, meaning Baker County will have to defend against a team hungry for a victory. Benedictine will take on Southeast Bulloch at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Southeast Bulloch: 2.1, Benedictine: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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