The Moniteau Warriors will head out on the road to take on the New Castle Hurricanes at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Moniteau will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Moniteau's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Thursday, when they got past Clarion-Limestone's usually-dominant pitching crew. Moniteau blew past Clarion-Limestone 15-4. Considering Moniteau has won five contests by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Dawson Wallace made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Wallace has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Wallace was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Keagan Book was a standout: he went 3-for-5 with three runs and a triple. Another player making a difference was Ian Ross, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, New Castle didn't have quite enough to beat Moon Area on Tuesday and fell 3-2. New Castle has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
New Castle saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Angelo DeSalvo, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Moniteau's win bumped their record up to 8-4. As for New Castle, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-16.
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