East Mecklenburg is 0-5 against Hurricane since April of 2018 but things could change on Wednesday. The Eagles will host the Redskins at 4:00 p.m. East Mecklenburg will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
If East Mecklenburg beats Hurricane with eight runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Eagles beat Mallard Creek on Wednesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 8-4.
East Mecklenburg's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Dillon Romig, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Liam Parsons was another, scoring a run and stealing a base.
Meanwhile, Hurricane made easy work of Independence on Tuesday and carried off a 7-1 victory. Considering the Redskins have won three contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
East Mecklenburg pushed their record up to 10-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Hurricane, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-1.
East Mecklenburg came up short against Hurricane when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 10-7. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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