Walnut won the last time they faced Alcorn Central, and things went their way on Monday too. The Walnut Wildcats came out on top in a nail-biter against the Alcorn Central Bears and snuck past 6-5. That's two games straight that Walnut has won by just one run.
Walnut saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cadence Rolison, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
On Alcorn Central's side, Glorianna Johnson made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of her plate appearances with a double and an RBI. Sophia Lainez was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Alcorn Central didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Walnut only tossed four.
Walnut's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-13. As for Alcorn Central, they dropped their record down to 4-20-1 with that defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Walnut will face off against New Site at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Alcorn Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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