Baseball Preview: First Presbyterian Day Vikings vs. Tift County Blue Devils
The First Presbyterian Day Vikings will be playing at home against the Tift County Blue Devils at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (First Presbyterian Day: 3.4, Tift County: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
First Presbyterian Day stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They put the hurt on Mount de Sales Academy with a sharp 9-2 win. The victory was familiar territory for First Presbyterian Day who now have three in a row.
Conner Strandmark tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Keon Johnson, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Reynolds Handberry, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Tift County unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Schley County by a score of 2-1.
First Presbyterian Day has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. As for Tift County, their defeat dropped their record down to 22-5.
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