Baseball Preview: Indian River Braves vs. Great Bridge Wildcats
Indian River is 1-9 against Great Bridge since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Indian River Braves will head out on the road to challenge the Great Bridge Wildcats at 5:45 p.m. Indian River is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season.
Indian River is is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Thursday. They took an 11-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of Nansemond River. That's two games in a row now that Indian River has lost by exactly five runs.
Elijah Ham was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Brewer, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Great Bridge owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. Everything went their way against Lakeland as Great Bridge made off with a 6-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Great Bridge.
Indian River's loss dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Great Bridge, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Indian River came up short against Great Bridge in their previous matchup on April 9th, falling 7-3. Can Indian River avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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