Baseball Preview: Walnut Ridge Scots vs. Briggs Bruins
Walnut Ridge is 0-10 against Briggs since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Walnut Ridge Scots will head out on the road to take on the Briggs Bruins at 5:30 p.m.
Walnut Ridge's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Independence on Monday. They lost 18-0 to the 76ers. The shutout was out of character for Walnut Ridge seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Briggs gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They blew past Independence 21-3.
Brailyn Hernandez was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit. Hernandez was also big at the plate, scoring four runs and stealing five bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Briggs got a massive performance out of Wyatt Martin, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Martin has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last four times he's played. Jaxon Mitskevich was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while going 2-for-4.
Walnut Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Briggs, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season.
Walnut Ridge suffered a grim 17-7 defeat to Briggs when the teams last played back in May of 2022. Can Walnut Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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