East Central waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 win over the Lawrenceburg Tigers. That result was just more of the same for these two, as East Central also won the last time the pair played last Monday.
AJ Reynolds spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on four hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, East Central saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colin Harrill, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
East Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Lawrenceburg, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-9.
East Central will square off against Whiteland at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Lawrenceburg, they will be playing at home against Union County at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Lawrenceburg's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Union County's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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