Poston Butte owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the American Leadership Academy Patriots 2-0. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Poston Butte also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2023.
Jacob Osborne looked comfortable as he pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Cordd Baker came in to relieve Osborne and was airtight, giving up no runs, hits or walks in his 5.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Noah Allison was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Jordan Touhey was another key contributor, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Poston Butte's victory bumped their record up to 13-6. As for American Leadership Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 9-5.
Poston Butte will have a chance to go back-to-back against American Leadership Academy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
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