The Mathews Blue Devils will venture away from home to square off against the Northampton Yellowjackets at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Mathews has given up an average of 11.6 runs per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Mathews couldn't beat Middlesex on Thursday even though they stacked six runs on them in the fifth inning. The Blue Devils lost 16-6 to the Chargers. The defeat continues a trend for the Blue Devils in their meetings with the Chargers: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Northampton didn't have quite enough to beat Chincoteague on Thursday and fell 5-4.
Hayden Seay was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Seay was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one home run. That home run marked the first that he has launched this season.
Seay wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Kindt, who went 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
Northampton's loss dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Mathews, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-14.
Mathews couldn't quite get it done against Northampton in their previous meeting two weeks ago as they fell 16-12. Can the Blue Devils avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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