Croatan can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the West Carteret Patriots a 6-0 shutout. The victory was just what Croatan needed coming off of an 11-2 loss in their prior matchup.
Matthew Woody looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (he also only allowed one walk).
On the hitting side, Croatan saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Harrison Thomas, who went 1-for-1 with two RBI. Another player making a difference was Nathan Griffin, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
On West Carteret's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cameron Pavy, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base. Josh Johnson was another key contributor, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases.
Croatan has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for West Carteret, they have fallen quite a ways from their 16-7 record last season and are now at 1-8.
Croatan will have a chance to go back-to-back against West Carteret: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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