The Caston Comets will be playing in front of their home fans against the LaVille Lancers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Caston can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. Everything went their way against Culver Community as Caston made off with an 11-1 win. Winning may never get old, but Caston sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Pete DuVall made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. DuVall has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances. DuVall was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Gavin Mollenkopf and Grant Yadon did most of the damage at the plate: Mollenkopf scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Yadon scored a run while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Noah Herd, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
LaVille never got on the board in their matchup on Tuesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Triton last Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Trojans as they made off with a 16-3 victory.
Like Caston, LaVille also got a great game from a two-way player: Andrew Wolford. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Wolford was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Lucas Plummer was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Braedyn Foster was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Caston's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-9. As for LaVille, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
Caston couldn't quite finish off LaVille in their previous matchup back in April and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Plummer, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over six innings pitched. Now that Caston knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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