Baseball Preview: Spring Creek Gators vs. Goldsboro Cougars
Spring Creek is 2-8 against Goldsboro since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Spring Creek Gators will head out on the road to square off against the Goldsboro Cougars at 4:30 p.m. Neither Spring Creek nor Goldsboro posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Spring Creek is is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game on Thursday. They lost 16-0 to Princeton.
Spring Creek saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rylan Kornegay, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Goldsboro never let their opponents score on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against North Johnston and snuck past 2-0.
Not much got past Dalton Wilkins, who gave up just four hits and racked up eight Ks to keep North Johnston off the board.
Spring Creek's loss dropped their record down to 1-12. As for Goldsboro, their victory bumped their record up to 7-10.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Spring Creek has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.6 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Goldsboro struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.2. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Spring Creek might still be hurting after the 14-1 defeat they got from Goldsboro in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Spring Creek, Evan Cummings (who scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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