Varina is 0-10 against Atlee since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Varina Blue Devils will head out on the road to square off against the Atlee Raiders at 6:00 p.m. Varina is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
Varina's hitters might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Colonial Heights on Monday. They lost 12-0 to the Colonials.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but Atlee had to settle for a 7-6 defeat against Patrick Henry on Thursday.
Atlee saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Natalie Sponaugle, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Varina's loss dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Atlee, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Varina has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 12.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Atlee struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Varina might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Atlee in their previous meeting last Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Atlee's Casey Hughes, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that Varina knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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