In what's become a running theme this season, North Duplin gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Lakewood Leopards as the North Duplin Rebels made off with a 12-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Duplin.
Garris Warren made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Warren was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, North Duplin got a big performance out of Tanner Kornegay, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. Kornegay has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Holden Williams was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Like North Duplin, Lakewood also got a great game from a two-way player: Landon Neal. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over 4.1 innings pitched. Neal was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-1 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Neal wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Samuel Johnson, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
North Duplin has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Lakewood, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.
North Duplin will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Union at 6:00 p.m. As for Lakewood, they will head out on the road to face off against Hobbton at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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