The Manteo Redskins will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Hertford County Bears at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Manteo has four straight wins, Hertford County has 11 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Manteo is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Northeastern 25-10.
Jada Flowers made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over three innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs but no hits. Flowers was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Manteo got a massive performance out of Bailey Dickerson, who scored four runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Bridgett Berry, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Hertford County played against Camden County and lost via forfeit.
Manteo has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-10 record this season. As for Hertford County, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.
Manteo took their victory against Hertford County in their previous meeting back in April of 2022 by a conclusive 18-3. Will Manteo repeat their success, or does Hertford County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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