Morgan dropped their record down to 4-7 on Thursday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins on the road. They took a 21-16 hit to the loss column at the hands of the New Lexington Panthers. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (ten), the Raiders still had to take the loss.
Brylee Shannon led a balanced group of hitters, getting on base in five of his six plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Clayton Blackburn, who went 2-for-5 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI.
As for New Lexington, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 4-3. With that win, they brought their scoring average up to 8 runs per game.
On New Lexington's side, Gus Pearson was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Pearson was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with three runs and one double.
In other batting news, New Lexington got a massive performance out of Tanner Toth, who got on base in five of his six plate appearances with five runs, four RBI, and one stolen base. Toth has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Carter Hahn, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with four runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Coming up, Morgan will head out to challenge Philo at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. As for New Lexington, they will welcome Circleville at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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