The West Jones Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Pearl River Central Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (West Jones: 1.9, Pearl River Central: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
In what's become a running theme this season, West Jones gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. They blew past Pearl River Central 8-2.
Jaxon Rayborn spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on two hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, West Jones saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Clay Tolbert, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Dakota Smith, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
West Jones is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Pearl River Central, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. West Jones has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Pearl River Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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