SALEM COMPLETES SEASON SWEEP OF EBC

CANTON OH-

Salem put a bow on their regular season today at Canton South with a 6-4 win over the Wildcats to make it a perfect 12-0 in the EBC this year.The Quakers were forced to play 4 league games in the season’s final week to capture their first conference crown in 3 decades and their deep pitching staff once again stepped up and got the job done.

Freshman Carson Rhodes, just like he did Monday, got the ball against the Wildcats and went 5 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts before Canton South got to him in the 6th for 4 runs.

Junior Cayden Burt had Rhode’s back however as he came in and got the last 2 outs of the sixth including a failed suicide squeeze attempt on his first batter. Burt finished off the game in the 7th to give the Quakers the win.

Blaize Exline started everything off for the Quakers with a swinging bunt in the first inning. He stole second on the first pitch to give him twenty stolen bases on the year without being caught. Junior Darius Beck scored Exline on the next pitch with a line drive to left field. Exline would have another hit, stolen base and run scored in the third inning.

Seniors Lane Rhodes and Nick Coletta also collected two hits on the day for the Quakers including an RBI double by Coletta.

The Quakers improved to 22-3 on the year and a perfect 12-0 in the EBC. Salem will be back in action Monday at the Ray against Columbiana before hosting the winner of the Louisville and Struthers game on Wednesday on the Secrional Final.

*Contributed by Mike Debarr at salemathletics.org