Baseball Preview: South Point Pointers vs. Boyd County Lions
The South Point Pointers will head out on the road to take on the Boyd County Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. South Point is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
South Point lost 13-6 to Portsmouth on Friday. South Point has struggled against Portsmouth recently, as their contest on Friday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Gage Chapman was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Boyd County had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Patriots with a sharp 12-3 victory. The result was nothing new for Boyd County, who have now won 11 matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
South Point's loss dropped their record down to 13-10. As for Boyd County, their win was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-2.
South Point came up short against Boyd County when the teams last played back in March, falling 5-0. Can South Point avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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