The Eastside Spartans will be playing at home against the Patrick Henry Rebels at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Patrick Henry took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Eastside, who comes in off a win.
Eastside can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Rye Cove an 18-0 shutout. Eastside's win was all the more impressive since Rye Cove was averaging only 2.83 runs allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, Patrick Henry came up short against Virginia High on Friday and fell 6-3. Patrick Henry has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Patrick Henry saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Street, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Eastside is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2-1 record this season. As for Patrick Henry, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.
Eastside skirted past Patrick Henry 12-10 when the teams last played back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Patrick Henry's Trajan Cannon, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off five hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Eastside still be able to contain Cannon? There's only one way to find out.
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