Baseball Preview: Mid-Carolina Rebels vs. Blythewood Bengals
The Mid-Carolina Rebels will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Blythewood Bengals, where first pitch is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Mid-Carolina: 2.8, Blythewood: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Blythewood is facing Mid-Carolina at the wrong time: Mid-Carolina suffered their first home loss of the season on Tuesday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell just short of the Hawks by a score of 4-2.
Meanwhile, Blythewood faced Fort Mill in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Blythewood had just enough and edged Fort Mill out 5-3. The win was nothing new for Blythewood as they're now sitting on five straight.
Blythewood got a great performance from Lucas Defee as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Defee has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Blythewood saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chance (CJ) Johnson, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI.
Mid-Carolina's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4. As for Blythewood, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Mid-Carolina came up short against Blythewood in their previous matchup back in March of 2015, falling 8-3. Will Mid-Carolina have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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