Kennesaw Mountain's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to Paulding County on Wednesday. The Kennesaw Mountain Mustangs' pitcher stepped up to hand the Murray County Indians a 10-0 shutout.
The team relied heavily on Jake Phelps, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (two). Aaron Higgins also deserves some recognition as he stole his first stolen base of the season.
Kennesaw Mountain hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most four strikeouts in three consecutive matches.
Kennesaw Mountain's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Murray County, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5.
Kennesaw Mountain and Murray County's could be walking into a shootout. Kennesaw Mountain allows their opponents to put quite a few scores each game. Murray County allows their opponents to put quite a few scores each game.
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