Baseball Preview: Tygarts Valley Bulldogs vs. Pocahontas County Warriors
Tygarts Valley is 6-0 against Pocahontas County since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Tygarts Valley Bulldogs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pocahontas County Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Tygarts Valley can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Monday. They put the hurt on Clay-Battelle with a sharp 16-4 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Tygarts Valley considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Jaxon Drennen and Jacob Wamsley made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Drennen pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Wamsley tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Drennen has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Drennen went 4-for-5 with three stolen bases, four runs, and four RBI, while Wamsley scored two runs.
In other batting news, Kaiden Warner was excellent, scoring three runs while going 1-for-3. Adam Woods was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, Pocahontas County scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Monday. They blew past Bath County 19-2.
Tygarts Valley's victory bumped their record up to 11-3. As for Pocahontas County, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-4-2.
Everything went Tygarts Valley's way against Pocahontas County in their previous meeting back in April of 2019 as Tygarts Valley made off with an 11-1 victory. Will Tygarts Valley repeat their success, or does Pocahontas County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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