In what's become a running theme this season, West Jones gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Pearl River Central Blue Devils as the West Jones Mustangs made off with an 8-2 victory. This was a revenge game for West Jones, as the team was forced to settle for a 2-1 loss when these two played last Tuesday.
Jaxon Rayborn spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on two hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, West Jones' win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Clay Tolbert, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI. Dakota Smith was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
On Pearl River Central's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was JJ Morreale, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
West Jones is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Pearl River Central, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-3.
West Jones will have a chance to go back-to-back against Pearl River Central: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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