The McConnellsburg Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Berkeley Springs Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. McConnellsburg is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
McConnellsburg stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They never let Rockwood onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what McConnellsburg needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Not much got past Landin Gress, who gave up just ten hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Rockwood off the board.
On the hitting side, Jackson Clevenger was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Shaffer Earley, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Berkeley Springs was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 12-2 walloping at the hands of Keyser.
Berkeley Springs saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landen Schetrompf, who went 1-for-1 with two stolen bases.
McConnellsburg's win bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Berkeley Springs, their loss dropped their record down to 2-17.
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