Baseball Game Preview: Savannah Country Day Hornets vs. Bleckley County Royals

The Savannah Country Day Hornets will face off against the Bleckley County Royals at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Savannah Country Day is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.

Savannah Country Day took a ten-run defeat the last time they faced off against Metter, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. Savannah Country Day came out on top in a nail-biter against Metter on Wednesday, sneaking past 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for the Hornets as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Savannah Country Day saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gabe Mckinney, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Chris Wynn also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Meanwhile, Bleckley County has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 2.67 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Friday. They fell 11-7 to Washington County. The Royals' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.

Bleckley County's defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 7-5. As for Savannah Country Day, their win bumped their record up to 3-7.