Baseball Preview: Eastern Alamance Eagles vs. Grimsley Whirlies
Eastern Alamance has been on the road for three straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Grimsley Whirlies at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Eastern Alamance will head into Tuesday's matchup after some sweet revenge against Cedar Ridge: Eastern Alamance couldn't quite topple Cedar Ridge on Tuesday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the ten-point defeat they took when the two last played. Eastern Alamance put the hurt on Cedar Ridge with a sharp 7-1 win.
The team relied heavily on Braxton Ballard, who scored a run and stole a base.
Meanwhile, Grimsley earned a 5-1 victory over Page on Tuesday.
Clay Rosser made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Rosser was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other pitching news, Jacob Benbow looked comfortable as he pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Rosser wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Max Snyder, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Sebastian Rodriguez, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Eastern Alamance's win bumped their record up to 6-9. As for Grimsley, the victory got them back to even at 9-9.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Eastern Alamance has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Grimsley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.2. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Eastern Alamance might still be hurting after the 22-0 loss they got from Grimsley in their previous matchup back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Grimsley's Davis Cook, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs. Now that Eastern Alamance knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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