The Tunstall Trojans will challenge the Halifax County Comets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Tunstall is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand George Washington a 15-0 shutout on Friday. Considering the Trojans have won ten contests by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Halifax County not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since March 31st (when they won 23-3). They were the clear victors by a 10-0 margin over George Washington. With that win, the Comets brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Garison Colwell was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. Halifax County is 4-2 when Colwell posts two or more runs, but 0-10 otherwise. Carter Thomasson was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI.
They weren't the only ones working in the home run department: Halifax County lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've posted since back in March.
Halifax County's victory ended a seven-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-12. As for Tunstall, their win bumped their record up to 13-3.
Tunstall came out on top in a nail-biter against Halifax County when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 6-4. Will the Trojans repeat their success, or do the Comets have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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