Baseball Game Preview: Starmount Rams vs. Elkin Buckin' Elks

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Previous Games

04/01/25 - Home	15-5 W
04/30/24 - Home	3-2 W
04/05/24 - Home	9-5 W
04/02/24 - Away	17-6 W
04/12/23 - Away	4-5 L
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Starmount has gone 9-1 against Elkin recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Rams will head out on the road to face off against the Buckin' Elks at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Starmount has four straight victories, Elkin has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Starmount will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating East Surry, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. The Rams put the hurt on the Cardinals with a sharp 9-2 win on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Elkin came up short against Starmount on Tuesday, falling 15-5. That's two games in a row now that the Buckin' Elks have lost by exactly ten runs.

Elkin saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Justus Shore, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.

Elkin's defeat dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Starmount, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.

Everything went Starmount's way against Elkin in their previous meeting on Tuesday, as Starmount made off with a 15-5 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Rams since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.