The White Oak Roughnecks will challenge the Center Roughriders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (White Oak has seven straight victories, Center has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
White Oak is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Arp on Friday as White Oak made off with a 17-8 win. With that victory, the Roughnecks brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Jaxsen Ludlow made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in seven consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-5. That's the most hits he has posted over his last 12 matchups.
Tyson McKinney
| 03/21/25 vs Arp | 3 |
| 03/18/25 @ Arp | 2 |
| 03/06/25 @ Mt. Pleasant | 2 |
| 02/21/25 @ Harleton | 2 |
| 03/14/25 @ Sabine | 1 |
In other batting news, Tyson McKinney was incredible, scoring two runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (three). Another player making a difference was Brady Greenwood, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
White Oak always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .659. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Center didn't have quite enough to beat Longview last Thursday and fell 3-1.
White Oak's win bumped their record up to 13-2-1. As for Center, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.
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