The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs will be playing at home against the Hartsville Red Foxes at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with North Myrtle Beach sitting on nine straight victories and Hartsville on four.
North Myrtle Beach put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Myrtle Beach a 10-0 shutout.
JOSH SURIGAO made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched. SURIGAO was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
In other pitching news, AUSTIN LONG looked comfortable as he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks).
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on BROWN REAVES, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3. CJ OXENDINE was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 4-for-4.
Meanwhile, Hartsville made easy work of Wilson on Friday and carried off a 9-1 win.
North Myrtle Beach pushed their record up to 15-2 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.2 runs per game. As for Hartsville, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
North Myrtle Beach came out on top in a nail-biter against Hartsville when the teams last played back in April of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Will North Myrtle Beach repeat their success, or does Hartsville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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