With a playoff game on the line, West Jones rose to the challenge on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the George County Rebels a 3-0 shutout. Give West Jones' pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Not much got past Camden Clark, who gave up just one hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep George County off the board. Clark has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, West Jones' win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jaxon Rayborn, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
On George County's side, Andrew Nielsen was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk).
West Jones has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-6 record this season. As for George County, their loss ended a 15-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 24-4.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat West Jones by a score of 3-0.
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