After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Cape Fear, Scotland was happy to have turned things around on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Hoke County Bucks a 3-0 shutout. This was a revenge game for the Fighting Scots: when they faced off against the Bucks two weeks ago, they had to take a 7-6 loss.
Not much got past Haydynn Lowery, who gave up just two hits to keep Hoke County off the board.
At the plate, Scotland's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ramsey Hale, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
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| 03/25/26 - Home | 3-0 W |
| 03/11/26 - Away | 6-7 L |
| 03/28/25 - Away | 19-0 W |
| 03/04/25 - Home | 5-1 W |
| 04/18/24 - Home | 13-1 W |
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The victory got Scotland back to even at 5-5. As for Hoke County, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-2.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Scotland will host Gray's Creek at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The Fighting Scots' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Bears have averaged an impressive 11.5 runs per game this season. As for Hoke County, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Overhills at 6:30 p.m. The Jaguars have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 10.3 runs per game on average), something the Bucks will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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