Baseball Preview: Elkin Buckin' Elks vs. Starmount Rams
Elkin is 1-9 against Starmount since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Elkin Buckin' Elks will head out on the road to challenge the Starmount Rams at 7:00 p.m.
Elkin is is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Friday. They fell just short of South Stokes by a score of 11-9. One positive for Elkin, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Elkin saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Smith Ray, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Starmount waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Cardinals and snuck past 4-3.
Elkin's defeat dropped their record down to 2-18. As for Starmount, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
Elkin came up short against Starmount in their previous meeting on April 5th, falling 9-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Starmount's Nohr Issa, who struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Now that Elkin 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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