Baseball Game Preview: Turner Ashby Knights vs. Spotswood Trailblazers

The Turner Ashby Knights are taking a road trip to challenge the Spotswood Trailblazers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.

Turner Ashby is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They beat East Rockingham by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-4. The victory was familiar territory for the Knights, who have now won three games in a row.

Meanwhile, Spotswood waltzed into their match on Saturday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against the Little Giants. That's two games straight that the Trailblazers have won by just one run.

Spotswood's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.2 runs over those games. As for Turner Ashby, their win bumped their record up to 14-7.

Turner Ashby skirted past Spotswood 2-1 in their previous meeting back in May. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Trailblazers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.