South Salem waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the McNary Celtics by a score of 7-4. That's two games straight that South Salem has won by exactly three runs.
Carter Nelson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and two unearned) runs on six hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings every time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Noah Scharer, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Teagan Scott, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On McNary's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Hammond, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
South Salem's win bumped their record up to 14-1. As for McNary, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-8.
South Salem will have a chance to go back-to-back against McNary: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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