Baseball Preview: Mountain Heritage Cougars vs. Avery County Vikings
The Mountain Heritage Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Avery County Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Heritage is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Last Wednesday, Mountain Heritage suffered a rough 18-3 loss at the hands of Enka.
Mountain Heritage saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was CJ Burleson, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Avery County has not done well against Mountain Heritage recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Avery County was the clear victor by a 14-2 margin over Mountain Heritage. Avery County might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four matches by nine runs or more this season.
Mountain Heritage's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-6. As for Avery County, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-7.
Mountain Heritage suffered a grim 14-2 defeat to Avery County in their previous matchup on Monday. Can Mountain Heritage avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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