Center Grove waltzed into their matchup on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They walked away with a 5-1 victory over the Whiteland Warriors. That's more bragging rights for Center Grove, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Kellen Thomson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, Drake McClurg and Noah Coy did most of the damage at the plate: McClurg scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Coy scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Coy has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
On Whiteland's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kayden Wilson, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Center Grove pushed their record up to 18-1 with that win, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Whiteland, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-6.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Center Grove will face off against Brownsburg at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Center Grove's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Brownsburg's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Whiteland, they will head out on the road to square off against Decatur Central at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Whiteland is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
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