Baseball Preview: Greene Central Rams vs. West Craven Eagles
Greene Central has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the West Craven Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Greene Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.2 runs per game this season.
Greene Central can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent contest on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Southside a 19-0 shutout.
Easton Creech made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Creech was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-5.
In other batting news, Greene Central let Braden Burress and Noah Uzzell loose on the outfield. Burress went 3-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs, while Uzzell went 3-for-5 with six RBI, two runs, and a double. Burress has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Mason Dillon, who scored four runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, West Craven was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 7-1 walloping at the hands of Greene Central.
Greene Central pushed their record up to 17-0 with that victory, which was their 16th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for West Craven, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7.
Everything went Greene Central's way against West Craven in their previous meeting on Tuesday as Greene Central made off with a 7-1 win. Will Greene Central repeat their success, or does West Craven have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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