The East Dragons will head out on the road to take on the North Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 20 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Firestone on Tuesday. They lost 21-1 to the Falcons. East has not had much luck with Firestone recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, North earned a 12-9 victory over Garfield on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for North.
Richard Cooper was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Ladanian Hughes, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
East's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for North, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
East came up short against North when the teams last played back in March, falling 15-11. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cooper, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over 6.2 innings pitched. Now that East knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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