Lewisburg is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Oxford. The Lewisburg Patriots came out on top against the Oxford Yellow Jackets by a score of 6-2. For the Patriots, this counts as revenge for the 3-0 win the Yellow Jackets walked away with the last time they faced one another back in March of 2023.
Lewisburg got a great performance from Carson Sharp as he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Caden Nelson was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Briley Tubbs, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI.
Lewisburg's record is now 6-1. As for Oxford, their loss dropped their record down to 8-5.
Lewisburg didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 5-2 defeat against Loganville on the 1st. As for Oxford, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 15-0 victory against Pleasant Valley on the 1st.
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