Baseball Preview: Capital Cougars vs. St. Albans Red Dragons
Capital is 0-10 against St. Albans since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Capital Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the St. Albans Red Dragons at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Capital's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Nitro as Capital made off with a 6-0 victory.
Meanwhile, St. Albans entered their tilt with Greenbrier East with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They walked away with a 6-3 win over the Spartans on Monday.
The team relied heavily on Beau Kelley, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He hasn't dropped below two stolen bases for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Brogan Samms, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Capital's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-9. As for St. Albans, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
Capital suffered a grim 14-1 defeat to St. Albans in their previous matchup on April 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Samms, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Capital 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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