Baseball Preview: East Burke Cavaliers vs. Cherryville Ironmen
The East Burke Cavaliers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cherryville Ironmen at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Tuesday, East Burke suffered a tough 9-1 defeat at the hands of West Lincoln.
East Burke saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Mosteller, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Cherryville got themselves on the board against Bessemer City on Tuesday, but Bessemer City never followed suit. They put the hurt on the Yellow Jackets with a sharp 13-0 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Cherryville considering their two-run performance the game before.
Camden Williams looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Talon Dalton, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Brock Bumgardner?, who scored three runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
East Burke dropped their record down to 8-10 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Cherryville, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-8 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. East Burke has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Cherryville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
East Burke came up short against Cherryville in their previous matchup back in February, falling 3-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cherryville's Eli Newsome, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Now that East Burke knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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