West Jessamine waltzed into their game on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Sayre Spartans a 2-0 shutout. This was payback for West Jessamine, who suffered a 5-4 loss the last time these two teams met.
West Jessamine got several good pitching performances, but Landon Davis was perhaps the best, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also only allowed one walk).
On the hitting side, West Jessamine saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Peters, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base. Eli Nickell was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
West Jessamine pushed their record up to 10-3 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Sayre, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-3.
West Jessamine will head out on the road to challenge Corbin at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Sayre, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Frederick Douglass at 5:30 p.m. The last three games Sayre has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
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