Baseball Preview: Blue Ridge Raiders vs. Elk Lake Warriors
The Blue Ridge Raiders will head out on the road to take on the Elk Lake Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Blue Ridge has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight losses, while Elk Lake will come in with four straight victories.
Last Saturday, Blue Ridge fell victim to a rough 15-9 defeat at the hands of Mountain View.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last match, Elk Lake made sure to put some runs up on the board against Forest City on Saturday. Elk Lake never let Forest City onto the board and left with a 14-0 win. The result was nothing new for Elk Lake, who have now won five contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Isaac Gesford and Dawson Sherman were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, Gesford pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Sherman pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Gesford scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Sherman went 1-for-1 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Elk Lake let Cohen Orlandini and Brayden Miller loose on the outfield. Orlandini scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Miller scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Orlandini has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Noah Gesford was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Blue Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Elk Lake, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Blue Ridge might still be hurting after the 8-1 defeat they got from Elk Lake when the teams last played on April 1st. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sherman, who struck out 15 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Now that Blue Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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