Baseball Game Preview: Rockingham County Cougars vs. Bartlett Yancey Buccaneers

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Previous 5 Games

03/11/20 - Home	11-1 W
04/06/18 - Home	6-2 W
02/27/17 - Away	10-5 W
04/11/16 - Away	10-3 W
03/21/16 - Home	11-3 W

Rockingham County is a perfect 5-0 against Bartlett Yancey since March of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Cougars will look to defend their home field against the Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m. Rockingham County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.

Morehead hit Rockingham County with a four-run sixth inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Cougars fell 8-4 to the Panthers.

Hudson Deel was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. Another player making a difference was Luke Strittmatter, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.

Meanwhile, Bartlett Yancey waltzed into their game on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Rams by a score of 9-5.

Rockingham County's defeat dropped their record down to 13-6. As for Bartlett Yancey, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 6-10.

Everything went Rockingham County's way against Bartlett Yancey in their previous meeting back in March of 2020, as Rockingham County made off with an 11-1 win. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Buccaneers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.