After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Seton LaSalle, New Brighton was happy to have turned things around on Monday. They skirted past the Laurel Spartans 5-4. That's more bragging rights for New Brighton, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Jaxson Zahn made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Zahn has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Zahn was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Brock Budacki was excellent, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with an RBI. Seth Mendenhall was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
On Laurel's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Robert Kissick, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jacob McBride, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Laurel didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as New Brighton only tossed three.
New Brighton has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Laurel, they now have a losing record at 6-7.
New Brighton will have a chance to go back-to-back against Laurel: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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