Drew Layfield was dynamite on Monday, striking out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up five earned (and one unearned) runs off 11 hits (and not a single walk). As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his tenth in a row with more than five strikeouts. For the year, Layfield has been strong no matter where he plays. On the mound, he has an ERA of 2.12 over 62.7 innings pitched. Meanwhile, at bat he has slashed 0.429/0.564/0.558 with 31 RBI, plus 15 stolen bases.
Layfield's strong effort led Ashville over Oneonta and he'll get a chance to do so again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ashville has some work to do to even out the 1-8 series between these two since March of 2018, but a win here would be a good start.
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