Baseball Preview: Flowers Jaguars vs. Laurel Spartans
The Flowers Jaguars will be playing at home against the Laurel Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
On Monday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Flowers had to settle for a 13-11 loss against Wise. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (ten), Flowers still had to take the loss.
Marc Harrison Jr. and Jonathan Davis stepped up to the plate in a big way. Harrison Jr. scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances, while Davis went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. Harrison Jr. has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. Bryson Hopkins was another key contributor, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Laurel can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. Everything went their way against Wise as Laurel made off with a 12-4 win.
Flowers' defeat dropped their record down to 11-5. As for Laurel, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-5 record this season.
Everything went Flowers' way against Laurel in their previous meeting on April 6th as Flowers made off with a 13-2 victory. Will Flowers repeat their success, or does Laurel have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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