Baseball Preview: High Point Eagles vs. Flowers Jaguars
High Point is 0-9-1 against Flowers since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The High Point Eagles will look to defend their home field against the Flowers Jaguars at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
High Point will head into Monday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a ten-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Bowie on Monday. High Point skirted past Bowie 6-4.
Meanwhile, Flowers can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Parkdale as Flowers made off with a 25-5 victory.
Ivan Valdez was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Valdez has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Valdez was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two RBI.
In other batting news, Aaron Moss was a standout: he scored five runs and stole a base while going 4-for-5. Another player making a difference was Marc Harrison Jr., who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances.
High Point's win bumped their record up to 3-7. As for Flowers, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.
High Point might still be hurting after the 14-0 defeat they got from Flowers in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Flowers' EJ Vaughan, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Now that High Point knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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