The Adams Central Patriots will be playing at home against the Wayne Blue Devils at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Adams Central will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Adams Central stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They never let Thurston-Cuming County onto the board and left with a 10-0 win.
Hunter Nepple tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Lucas Gabriel and Jayden Teichmeier did most of the damage at the plate: Gabriel scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-3, while Teichmeier scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaleb Wahlmeier, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Wayne, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They had just enough and edged Louisville out 3-1.
Gavin Anderson looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
On the hitting side, Wayne's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jase Dean, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Jaxson Kneifl, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Adams Central is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Wayne, their win bumped their record up to 15-7.
Adams Central skirted past Wayne 2-0 in their previous meeting back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Wayne's Gavin Redden, who struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Adams Central still be able to contain Redden? There's only one way to find out.
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