Ariton stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Everything went their way against the W.S. Neal Eagles as the Ariton Purple Cats made off with a 16-1 win. 16 seems to be a good number for Ariton as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Lawson Leger and Jessie Pelham made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Leger pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (he also only allowed one walk). Meanwhile, Pelham pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). At the plate, Leger went 3-for-4 with three doubles, four RBI, and two runs, while Pelham scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Dalton Murphy and Myles Tyler did most of the damage at the plate: Murphy went 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run, while Tyler scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Addison Senn, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
On W.S. Neal's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ja?sean Jones, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, W.S. Neal didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ariton only tossed five.
Ariton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for W.S. Neal, their loss dropped their record down to 10-8.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Ariton is on the road again on Friday to play Greenville at 5:00 p.m. As for W.S. Neal, they will challenge Andalusia at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. W.S. Neal is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
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