The Midway Raiders will be taking part in a tournament against the C.B. Aycock Golden Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Midway is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
Midway proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by ten) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a run and slipped past Triton 4-3. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Raiders have posted against the Hawks since March 18, 2019.
Tanner Williams spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up 11 Ks.
On the hitting side, Wyatt Scott and Carson Tew did most of the damage at the plate: Scott went 1-for-2 with one triple, one run, and one RBI, while Tew went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Wilson Mayo, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for C.B. Aycock's offense. They fell just short of Hunt by a score of 2-0 on Thursday. The Golden Falcons have struggled against the Warriors recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Midway's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-6. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for C.B. Aycock, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-10.
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