Baseball Preview: Cole Cougars vs. Randolph Ro-Hawks
The Cole Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Randolph Ro-Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cole is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
Cole put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Friday. They put the hurt on Nixon-Smiley with a sharp 26-8 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Cole considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Tristan Zedhikeia was a standout: he scored four runs and stole five bases while going 1-for-5. Joseph Zinnante was another key contributor, going 4-for-5 with three runs and four RBI.
Meanwhile, Randolph had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against the Griffins by a score of 8-4.
Cole's victory bumped their record up to 10-11. As for Randolph, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-11 record this season.
Cole came up short against Randolph when the teams last played back in March, falling 12-8. Can Cole avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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