Baseball Preview: Augusta Southeastern Suns vs. Hamilton Titans
The Augusta Southeastern Suns will head out on the road to challenge the Hamilton Titans at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Augusta Southeastern's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Monmouth United on Wednesday. They lost 16-0 to the Red Storm. Augusta Southeastern has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Owen Rigg was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-2 with a stolen base and a double.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Hamilton had to settle for a 6-5 loss against Liberty on Thursday.
Brayden Carter was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Carter was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Mason Stevenson was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Augusta Southeastern's record now sits at 4-12. As for Hamilton, they dropped their record down to 8-13 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Augusta Southeastern has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Hamilton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Augusta Southeastern couldn't quite finish off Hamilton in their previous matchup back in April and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hamilton's Gage Scott, who struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits (and not a single walk). Now that Augusta Southeastern knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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