Baseball Preview: Eastern Alamance Eagles vs. Western Alamance Warriors
The Eastern Alamance Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Western Alamance Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Eastern Alamance will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Eastern Alamance scored the most runs they've had all season on Wednesday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of East Chapel Hill by a score of 14-13. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Eastern Alamance got a massive performance out of Zack Merchel, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with four RBI, a stolen base, and a run. John Wittig was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Western Alamance earned a 9-6 win over Eastern Guilford on Wednesday. The victory was just what Western Alamance needed coming off of an 8-1 defeat in their prior contest.
Eastern Alamance's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Western Alamance, they pushed their record up to 6-9 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Everything went Eastern Alamance's way against Western Alamance in their previous meeting on Tuesday as Eastern Alamance made off with an 8-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eastern Alamance since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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