Baseball Preview: Stuarts Draft Cougars vs. Fort Defiance Indians
The Stuarts Draft Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Fort Defiance Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The last three games Stuarts Draft has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Stuarts Draft will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Wilson Memorial, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Stuarts Draft beat Wilson Memorial on Friday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-2.
Spenser Gates spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on eight hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Stuarts Draft saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Christian Hoke, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Fort Defiance fell victim to a tough 15-2 defeat at the hands of Spotswood on Wednesday. Fort Defiance has struggled against Spotswood recently, as their contest on Wednesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Stuarts Draft's win bumped their record up to 4-7. As for Fort Defiance, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
Stuarts Draft suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Fort Defiance when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Stuarts Draft avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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