After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Williams, Eastern Alamance was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Clover Garden School Grizzlies a 5-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Eastern Alamance, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Not much got past Jarrett Newell, who gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Clover Garden School off the board.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Braxton Ballard, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Tate Yount was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a triple and a run.
On Clover Garden School's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Roney, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Eastern Alamance's victory bumped their record up to 3-7. As for Clover Garden School, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
Eastern Alamance will head out on the road to take on R.J. Reynolds at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Clover Garden School, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Triangle Math & Science at 4:00 p.m. Clover Garden School is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.9 runs per game this season.
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