Baseball Game Preview: Athens Drive Jaguars vs. East Chapel Hill Wildcats

By Team Reports Mar 20, 2024, 5:31am

Preview: Athens Drive Jaguars vs. East Chapel Hill Wildcats

The Athens Drive Jaguars will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the East Chapel Hill Wildcats at 4:30 p.m.

After soaring to 11 runs the game before, Athens Drive were a bit more limited in their contest on Monday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Broughton. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Athens Drive has scored all season.

Jack Snipes was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over 5.1 innings pitched.

On the hitting side, Athens Drive saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Mantz, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.

Meanwhile, East Chapel Hill owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Northern Durham as East Chapel Hill made off with a 6-0 win. East Chapel Hill's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.

Athens Drive's defeat dropped their record down to 5-3-1. As for East Chapel Hill, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-4.

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