Baseball Preview: Lee County Yellow Jackets vs. Richmond Raiders
The Lee County Yellow Jackets will head out on the road to take on the Richmond Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lee County will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
On Monday, Lee County needed a bit of extra time to put away Union Pines. They skirted past the Vikings 7-6.
Luke Sheets was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Walker McDuffie, who scored a run and stole a base while going 4-for-5.
Meanwhile, Richmond waltzed into their matchup on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Bucks as they made off with a 12-2 win. That's two games straight that Richmond has won by exactly ten runs.
Lee County's victory bumped their record up to 16-9. As for Richmond, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-8.
Everything went Lee County's way against Richmond when the teams last played on April 12th as Lee County made off with a 16-4 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lee County since the squad 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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