The third road game was the charm for Linton-Stockton, as they earned their first road win of the season. They had just enough and edged the Northview Knights out 5-4. That's more bragging rights for Linton-Stockton, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Blaike Husband made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Husband was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Russell Goodman was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
On Northview's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Javier Higham, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Northview didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Linton-Stockton only tossed six.
Linton-Stockton's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Northview, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Linton-Stockton will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Clay City at 5:30 p.m. Linton-Stockton has given up an average of 6.2 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. As for Northview, they will head out on the road to face off against Owen Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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