North Johnston put the finishing touches on their 12th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Eastern Wayne Warriors a 10-0 shutout. The high-scoring effort was just what North Johnston needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Gavin Syverson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Syverson was even better at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
In other pitching news, Daniel Turner looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Back at the plate, Seth Scott was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a triple, a stolen base, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Cory Barnes, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
On Eastern Wayne's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Watson, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
North Johnston has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Eastern Wayne, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-16.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. North Johnston will face off against Princeton at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Princeton is on a six-game streak of home wins, North Johnston a six-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Eastern Wayne, they are on the road again on Thursday to play Goldsboro at 6:30 p.m. Goldsboro is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
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