POTOMAC PARK — Silas Leith pitched a complete-game dandy to help hand Personal Best its first loss, guiding Flintstone to a 6-3 Mountain League Baseball Senior Division victory on Wednesday at Memorial Field.
Leith tossed six shutout frames to start, rebounding from a three-run seventh to finish with a line of three runs (two earned) on five hits in seven innings with seven strikeouts to three walks.
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