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| 04/03/25 - Away | 8-5 W |
| 04/30/24 - Home | 11-1 W |
| 03/19/24 - Away | 9-6 W |
| 05/02/23 - Away | 0-1 L |
| 03/20/23 - Home | 4-3 W |
| + 5 more games |
Ocean Lakes is 8-2 against Kempsville since April of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Dolphins will host the Chiefs at 5:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Ocean Lakes 2.7, Kempsville 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Ocean Lakes is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Cox, who was ranked fourth at the time (Ocean Lakes was ranked 16th). The Dolphins fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. The Dolphins were red-hot at the plate heading into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three games prior), but the Falcons' pitcher proved too tough.
Luke Ellison was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Ocean Lakes saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tre Hamilton, who went 1-for-4 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kempsville). They blew past Green Run 11-1 on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Chiefs considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Trent Sutryk was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, two stolen bases, and four RBI. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Vincent Cecilia, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and two runs.
The win got Kempsville back to even at 9-9. As for Ocean Lakes, they moved to 13-5 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Ocean Lakes was able to grind out a solid victory over Kempsville in their previous matchup back in April, winning 8-5. Will the Dolphins repeat their success, or do the Chiefs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
