Baseball Preview: Perquimans Pirates vs. Gates County Red Barons
Perquimans is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Gates County is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Perquimans Pirates will take on the Gates County Red Barons at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Perquimans can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They blew past Gates County 13-2.
Maddux Thach was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Thach has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Thach was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Perquimans let Jacob Askew and Ben Brown loose on the outfield. Askew scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4, while Brown scored two runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Conway, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Perquimans has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Gates County, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-7.
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