Baseball Preview: St. Albans Red Dragons vs. Parkersburg Big Reds
St. Albans is 10-0 against Parkersburg since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The St. Albans Red Dragons will head out on the road to take on the Parkersburg Big Reds at 5:00 p.m. St. Albans is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
St. Albans might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 4-1 to Nitro, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. St. Albans has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
St. Albans saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brogan Samms, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Parkersburg sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over Marietta on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Parkersburg.
Parkersburg got a massive performance out of Caden Parker, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Colin McCarter was another key contributor, going 4-for-4 with three RBI.
St. Albans' loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-7. As for Parkersburg, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-14.
St. Albans took their victory against Parkersburg when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 9-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Albans since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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