The Asbury Rams will venture away from home to take on the Elkmont Red Devils at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Asbury is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Crossville on Tuesday as Asbury made off with an 18-3 victory. The Rams haven't had any issues with the Lions recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Elkmont and Danville meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. Elkmont put the hurt on Danville with a sharp 28-10 victory. That 18 run margin sets a new team best for the Red Devils this season.
Corder Hobbs and Jake Guthrie did most of the damage at the plate: Hobbs fired off two home runs and five RBI while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances, while Guthrie got on base in four of his six plate appearances with one home run, six RBI, and three runs. The dominant performance gave Hobbs a new career-high in home runs. Another player making a difference was Jacob Pendergrass, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances.
Elkmont always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Elkmont has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 9.25 hits in those games compared to only 4.14 in the others. Asbury picked up their first road win, bumping their record up to 2-8.
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