Baseball Preview: Belfry Pirates vs. Tug Valley Panthers
Belfry is 10-0 against Tug Valley since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Belfry Pirates will look to defend their home field against the Tug Valley Panthers at 5:30 p.m. Belfry will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Belfry is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Betsy Layne with a sharp 18-8 win on Thursday. The result was nothing new for Belfry, who have now won ten games by seven runs or more so far this season.
David Hagy was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Dante Davis, who went 2-for-5 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Tug Valley fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Pike County Central on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Hawks by a score of 4-2. The defeat continues a trend for Tug Valley in their matchups with Pike County Central: they've now lost four in a row.
Tug Valley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Julian Vance, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Belfry is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-10 record this season. As for Tug Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 12-15.
Everything went Belfry's way against Tug Valley when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Belfry made off with a 10-2 victory. Does Belfry have another victory up their sleeve, or will Tug Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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