Baseball Game Preview: May River Sharks vs. Colleton County Cougars

For the second straight game, May River will face off against Colleton County. The Sharks will challenge the Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. May River will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.

May River's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Colleton County as they made off with an 11-0 win. With that victory, the Sharks brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.

Fergus Varley

Runs

04/01/25 @ Bluffton	3
04/21/25 vs Colleton County	2
04/08/25 vs Beaufort	2
04/04/25 @ Bluffton	2
03/26/25 vs Bishop England	2
+ 7 more games

Trace Mischik and Fergus Varley did most of the damage at the plate: Mischik went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double, while Varley went 1-for-2 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Varley has become a key player for May River: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 5-8 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Joseph Maybank, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs and one stolen base.

May River was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .440. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive games.

May River's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-8. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for Colleton County, they are on a 12-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-14-2.