Baseball Preview: Overhills Jaguars vs. Westover Wolverines
Overhills is 9-0 against Westover since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Overhills Jaguars will head out on the road to face off against the Westover Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
After soaring to a nine-point victory in their last game, Overhills came back down to earth on Wednesday. They fell just short of Union Pines by a score of 6-4.
Overhills saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Houston Poole, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Poole has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Westover fell victim to Overhills and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 9-0 walloping at the hands of the Jaguars. Westover has struggled against Overhills recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Overhills' loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-7. As for Westover, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Westover's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Friday. Overhills has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Westover, though, as they've been averaging only 3.8. Will Overhills keep running through batters, or will Westover buck the trend?
Everything went Overhills' way against Westover when the teams last played on Tuesday as Overhills made off with a 9-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Overhills since the squad 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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