Portsmouth West extended their losing streak to seven on Tuesday, dropping their season record down to 5-16 in the process. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-0 heartbreaker at the hands of the South Point Pointers. That's two games in a row now that the Senators have lost by exactly two runs.
As for South Point, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 11-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games.
For South Point's part, Portsmouth West's batters probably weren't too happy with Brayden Hanshaw, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 15 Ks (he gave up four walks). Hanshaw also allowed no hits, which is notable because the Pointers are undefeated when he allows at most one hit, but 6-7 otherwise.
At the plate, South Point saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Layne, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run.
As of now, neither Portsmouth West nor the Pointers have any future games scheduled.
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