Baseball Preview: Stuarts Draft Cougars vs. Riverheads Gladiators
The Stuarts Draft Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Riverheads Gladiators at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Stuarts Draft took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Fort Defiance a 6-0 shutout. That looming 6-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Stuarts Draft yet this season.
Not much got past Spencer Gates, who gave up just two hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Fort Defiance off the board. Gates has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Stuarts Draft let Waylon Renner and Andre Ellis loose on the outfield. Renner scored a run while going 1-for-2, while Ellis scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Hoke, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Riverheads put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season last Thursday. They put the hurt on Staunton with a sharp 17-3 victory. The win was familiar territory for Riverheads who now have four in a row.
Stuarts Draft's victory bumped their record up to 8-12. As for Riverheads, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Stuarts Draft came up short against Riverheads when the teams last played back in April, falling 4-1. Can Stuarts Draft avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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