The Shawnee Redskins will head out on the road to challenge the Zeigler-Royalton Tornadoes at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Shawnee can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent match back in March. Everything went their way against Meridian as Shawnee made off with an 18-7 victory. 18 seems to be a good number for Shawnee as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Luke Choate, who scored four runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Kayman Ford, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Zeigler-Royalton came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Indians 8-1. Considering Zeigler-Royalton has won five contests by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Scout Hudgens spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits and racked up 11 Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Briar Rowland was incredible, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3. Landen Butler was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
The victory made it two in a row for Shawnee and bumps their season record up to 3-2. As for Zeigler-Royalton, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
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