Baseball Preview: Irmo Yellowjackets vs. Newberry Bulldogs
The Irmo Yellowjackets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Newberry Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Irmo's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Lugoff-Elgin on Thursday. They fell victim to a rough 10-0 defeat at the hands of the Demons. Irmo has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Irmo saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayllen Fray, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base and a double.
Meanwhile, while it was Newberry who put the first points on the board on Wednesday, it was Batesburg-Leesville who put up more. Newberry fell just short of Batesburg-Leesville by a score of 13-11.
Tymone Abrams made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-5 with four RBI, a stolen base, and a run.
Irmo's loss dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Newberry, they dropped their record down to 8-14-1 with that defeat, which was their third straight at home.
Irmo came up short against Newberry when the teams last played back in March, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Newberry's Liam Davenport, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Irmo 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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