Baseball Preview: East Clarendon Wolverines vs. Socastee Braves
The East Clarendon Wolverines will be playing in front of their home fans against the Socastee Braves at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Clarendon has seven straight victories, Socastee has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Wednesday, East Clarendon narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past North Central 3-1.
Caleb Coker spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on six hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Whit Nesbitt, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, while it was Socastee who put the first points on the board on Monday, it was East Clarendon who put up more. Socastee fell 9-4 to East Clarendon.
East Clarendon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Socastee, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-16.
East Clarendon was able to grind out a solid victory over Socastee when the teams last played on Monday, winning 9-4. Does East Clarendon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Socastee turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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