Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East Central HomeSchool). Everything went their way against the Cullman Charger Lightening on Friday as the East Central HomeSchool Patriots made off with a 15-3 victory. With that win, the Patriots brought their scoring average up to 7.5 runs per game.
Andrew Barksdale
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Andrew Barksdale made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over 3.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Barksdale was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing Three bases. while going 3-for-4. He has become a key player for East Central HomeSchool: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 1-2 otherwise.
In other batting news, Bennett Segars was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing Four bases. while going 4-for-4. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 1.2 stolen bases per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Tucker Wadsworth, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one double.
East Central HomeSchool was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .593. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive games.
East Central HomeSchool has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. This is the second loss in a row for Cullman and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Coming up, East Central HomeSchool will head out on the road to square off against Evangel Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Cullman does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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