West Liberty-Salem stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Triad Cardinals a 7-0 shutout. Seven seems to be a good number for West Liberty-Salem as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Isaac Sertell was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Sertell has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Sertell was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Sertell wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Reese Oder, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jake Evans, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
West Liberty-Salem is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Triad, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-13.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. West Liberty-Salem will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Catholic Central at 5:00 p.m. West Liberty-Salem's pitching crew has only allowed two runs per game this season, so Catholic Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Triad, they will head out on the road to take on Greenon at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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