Baseball Preview: Sumter Gamecocks vs. Socastee Braves
The Sumter Gamecocks will be playing at home against the Socastee Braves at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sumter has five straight victories, Socastee has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Sumter has not done well against Socastee recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Sumter never let Socastee onto the board and left with a 5-0 win.
Not much got past Marion Davis, who gave up just four hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Socastee off the board. Those nine strikeouts set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Gavin Rivers, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Sumter pushed their record up to 11-3 with that victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.8 runs per game. As for Socastee, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-10.
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