Baseball Preview: Purnell Swett Rams vs. Gray's Creek Bears
The Purnell Swett Rams will be playing in front of their home fans against the Gray's Creek Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Purnell Swett is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
Purnell Swett never got on the board in their matchup on Saturday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Lumberton on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Pirates as they made off with a 16-7 win.
Easton Oxendine was a standout: he scored three runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacey Jacobs, who went 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, Gray's Creek's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cape Fear. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Gray's Creek has scored all season.
Gray's Creek saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Perez, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Purnell Swett now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Gray's Creek, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-3.
Purnell Swett suffered a grim 17-0 defeat to Gray's Creek when the teams last played on March 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gray's Creek's Ty Stewart, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Purnell Swett 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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