Preview: Kingstree Blazers vs. Carvers Bay Bears
Kingstree is 0-9 against Carvers Bay since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Kingstree Blazers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Carvers Bay Bears at 6:00 p.m. After the pair made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Monday.
After only one run in their last contest, Kingstree made sure to put some runs up on the board against Mullins last Tuesday. Kingstree put the hurt on Mullins with a sharp 16-10 victory.
Meanwhile, Carvers Bay can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. Everything went their way against Hemingway as Carvers Bay made off with a 16-2 win.
Landon Williams made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Williams was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-1.
In other batting news, Jasaia Young was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing six bases while going 1-for-1. Landon Marsh was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Kingstree made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-2. As for Carvers Bay, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Kingstree suffered a grim 18-1 defeat to Carvers Bay in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carvers Bay's Brantley Jones, who struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Kingstree knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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