Baseball Game Preview: Carrick on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 7:26am

Baseball Preview: Carrick Raiders vs. South Park Eagles

The Carrick Raiders will stay at home for another game and welcome the South Park Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Carrick is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.6 runs per game this season.

If Carrick beats South Park with eight runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Carrick walked away with an 8-4 victory over Brentwood on Saturday.

Carrick let Rmara Atkins and Ryan Schaffer loose on the outfield. Atkins scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Schaffer scored two runs while going 1-for-2. Blake Andrews was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.

Meanwhile, South Park came up short against East Allegheny on Thursday and fell 9-5.

Carrick pushed their record up to 7-0 with that win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. As for South Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.

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