The Westside Seminoles will head out on the road to take on the Callaway Cavaliers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Westside is coming into the game on a six-game losing streak.
Westside and Northeast faced off in a cross-town battle on Wednesday. The Seminoles came up short against the Raiders, falling 12-1. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Westside saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was James Neville, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run. Connor Webb also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Callaway came out on top against Jordan on Thursday thanks in part to the team's impressive ten-run fourth inning. The Cavaliers came out on top against the Red Jackets by a score of 12-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Cavaliers considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Callaway also got a great performance from Xander Stinson as he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Those ten strikeouts gave Stinson a new career-high.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Wesley Williams, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Callaway's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 4-6 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Brody Swanson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI and one run.
Callaway was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Callaway has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 6-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.7 runs over those games. As for Westside, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
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