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Fastball Round 1: Northshore walks off Natchitoches Central in game one, sweeps series
SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) β The Natchitoches Central Chiefs faced the Northshore Panthers in Division I Non-Select baseball play on Friday night.
The Panthers ace Connor Smith dominated a pitching duel Thursday night.
The senior threw a complete game shutout, allowing only three hits and recording seven strikeouts.
Fellow senior Aviel Johnson had a redemption arc in game one.
The centerfielder hit a triple to center field midway through the contest, but Johnson got picked off at home, trying to score on a pass ball.
However, Northshore has two on in the bottom of the seventh and was down to its final out, Johnson hit a dropper into shallow center and drove in Jayden Hellmers for the walk-off single.
The Panthers beat the Chiefs 1-0 in game one and 5-1 in game two.
No. 12 Northshore will face No. 5 Hahnville in the second round.
You can catch more high school baseball action on WGNOβs Friday Night Fastball, presented by Delgado Community College, Step Closer to Unstoppable.
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