The New Palestine Dragons will head out on the road to face off against the New Castle Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. New Palestine is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
New Palestine stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against New Castle as New Palestine made off with an 8-1 victory. Eight seems to be a good number for New Palestine as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Rigg Mahurin was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Mahurin has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Mahurin was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, New Palestine let Landon Ballard and Jacob Morris loose on the outfield. Ballard went 1-for-1 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI, while Morris went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Nic Deering, who went 1-for-2 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
The victory made it two in a row for New Palestine and bumps their season record up to 19-5. As for New Castle, they are on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-19.
New Castle's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: New Palestine hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .319. It's a different story for New Castle, though, as they've only averaged .174. Will they be able to contain New Palestine's hitters? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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