Northside - Pinetown put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over the Jones Trojans. That's more bragging rights for Northside - Pinetown, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Brandon Arthur made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Arthur has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Arthur was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Jamie Corprew was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI. Holden Boykin was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
On Jones' side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bill Meadows, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Northside - Pinetown is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Jones, they dropped their record down to 4-16 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Northside - Pinetown will have a chance to go back-to-back against Jones: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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