Bland County is 2-8 against Galax since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Bland County Bears will head out on the road to take on the Galax Maroon Tide at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Bland County will head into Tuesday's contest out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune last Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 21-7 walloping at the hands of Grayson County.
Meanwhile, Galax was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a 14-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Radford.
Maddason Bobbitt and Jayden Leonard did some serious damage despite the final result: Bobbitt scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-5, while Leonard scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Lindsay Elliott, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-5.
Even though they lost, Galax was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with seven doubles. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Radford only hit three.
Bland County's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7-2. As for Galax, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.
Bland County came up short against Galax when the teams last played on April 2nd, falling 11-6. Can Bland County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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