Greene Central put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Croatan Cougars a 10-0 shutout. Greene Central might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 12 matches by six runs or more this season.
Greene Central got a great performance from Austin Hardy as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Hardy has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Braden Burress and Noah Uzzell did most of the damage at the plate: Burress scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Uzzell scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Elijah Monroe, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Greene Central's victory was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-0. As for Croatan, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-4.
Greene Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Croatan, they will head out on the road to challenge Swansboro at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Swansboro: 3.4, Croatan: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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