Matt Gutierrez was the best pitcher in Tri-County this week. He won two games and struck out 12 batters.
On Monday, the top two teams in the current league standings will go head to head, as
Clinton and
Whiteford meet. The Redskins currently hold a 1.5-game lead over the Bobcats for first place.
Clinton boasted the best pitching over the past week, holding opponents to the league's fewest hits and issuing the fewest walks. The Redskins' pitchers have been charged with only 84 hits and have struck out 83 batters.
Tj Baker is tops on the staff with 31 Ks.
Madison led the league with 42 runs scored this week, but Clinton still holds the season lead with 129 runs.
The week's strikeout crown belonged to
Steve Schankin, who turned in 16 Ks for
Summerfield. With 49 strikeouts this year so far, he ranks first in the league.
The Trojans'
David Newell finished his week with eight hits, tops in the league. His 14 hits for the year are fiftefth in the league, and he boasts a .264 batting average.
Whiteford's
Lucas Diver threw six shutout innings in a 6-3 win over Summerfield on Wednesday. He struck out nine, allowing four hits.
Hunter Teunion-smith was an RBI machine on Friday, as he knocked in five runs during Madison's 11-6 win over Whitmore Lake
