The East Carter Raiders will venture away from home to challenge the Hurricane Redskins at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
East Carter's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They didn't even let Elliott County on the board, marking the Raiders' second-straight 15-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but the Raiders sure are getting used to it with their eighth in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hurricane). They put the hurt on George Washington with a sharp 17-2 victory on Wednesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Redskins considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Kate Justice looked comfortable as she tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in 19 consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Jaden Jones was incredible, going 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. That's the most hits she has posted over her last 12 matchups. The team also got some help courtesy of Hadley Lawson, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with five RBI and one double.
Hurricane always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .700. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as George Washington only posted an OBP of .333.
Hurricane has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-2 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for East Carter, they pushed their record up to 20-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
East Carter might still be hurting after the 15-0 defeat they got from Hurricane in their previous meeting back in April of 2017. Can the Raiders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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