South Walton had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Everything went their way against the Fort Walton Beach Vikings as they made off with a 9-2 victory. This was payback for South Walton, who suffered a 5-3 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Frank Wells was incredible, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Hudson Mandel, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI.
On Fort Walton Beach's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Kidd, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Kidd has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
South Walton has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for Fort Walton Beach, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-12.
South Walton will look to defend their home field on Friday against Mosley at 6:00 p.m. South Walton will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last. As for Fort Walton Beach, they will head out on the road to square off against Escambia at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Escambia is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
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