Lexington extended their losing streak to three on Friday, dropping their season record down to 2-16 in the process. They came up short against the Thomasville Bulldogs, falling 15-2. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Bulldogs this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 13-3 on Wednesday.
Element Shivers made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
As for Thomasville, the win got them back to even at 11-11. They might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by ten runs or more this season.
On Thomasville's side, Travail Barnes and Elijah McNeair were major factors while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Barnes struck out seven batters over 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit (and only one walk). Meanwhile, McNeair pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. What's more, he posted two strikeouts, the most he's had since back in March. At bat, Barnes went 1-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI, while McNeair went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. Barnes is becoming a predictor of Thomasville's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 9-1 (and 2-10 when he doesn't).
In other batting news, Bryan Serrano Rodriguez was incredible, going 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one double. Thomasville is 8-1 when Serrano Rodriguez posts two or more runs, but 3-10 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Luis Bejarano Sosa, who earned two runs and four stolen bases.
As of now, neither Lexington nor Thomasville have any future games scheduled.
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