Bath County stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the West Carter Comets as the Bath County Wildcats made off with a 13-6 victory. The win was nothing new for Bath County as they're now sitting on three straight.
Colten Carpenter made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Carpenter was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
In other batting news, Jayce Smith was incredible, firing off two home runs, five RBI, and three runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Memphis Beadle, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
On West Carter's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tabor Tackett, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Tackett has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Bath County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-7 record this season. As for West Carter, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-15.
Bath County will be playing at home against Elliott County at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Bath County's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Elliott County's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for West Carter, they will head out on the road to face off against Lewis County at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. West Carter and Lewis County are at an even 5-5 over their past ten head-to-heads.
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