Softball Preview: Mecklenburg County Phoenix vs. Blacksburg Bruins
The Mecklenburg County Phoenix are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Blacksburg Bruins at 7:00 p.m. Mecklenburg County's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Blacksburg's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Mecklenburg County can't be too worried about heading out to take on Blacksburg: they just beat Halifax County at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Mecklenburg County had just enough and edged Halifax County out 8-7.
Meanwhile, after a string of nine wins, Blacksburg's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They lost 10-0 to Christiansburg. The game marked the first time this year in which Blacksburg was not able to get on the board.
Mecklenburg County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-6 record this season. As for Blacksburg, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-4.
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