Yorktown had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. Everything went their way against the New Castle Trojans as they made off with an 11-3 victory. This was a revenge game for Yorktown, as the team was forced to settle for a 5-4 loss when these two played last Wednesday.
Luke Diebold made a splash no matter where he played. He tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Diebold was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with three RBI.
Diebold wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jade Limbrock, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Sean Gibson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Yorktown has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for New Castle, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-12.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Yorktown will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Alexandria-Monroe at 5:00 p.m. Alexandria-Monroe is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season. As for New Castle, they will head out on the road to take on Lapel at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Lapel's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so New Castle's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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