On Friday, it was close, but the Stone Memorial Panthers sidestepped the Smith County Owls for a 2-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Stone Memorial.
Titus Bisbee spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Nick Osmun was excellent, going 2-for-2 with two stolen bases. Bryce Elmore was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
On Smith County's side, they got a good showing from Morgan Sinclair, who pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, Smith County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wyatt Claywell, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Smith County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Stone Memorial only tossed no.
Stone Memorial's victory bumped their record up to 7-8. As for Smith County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-2.
Stone Memorial will head out on the road to square off against Livingston Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Smith County, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Upperman at 12:00 p.m. Smith County is facing Upperman at the right time seeing as Upperman is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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