The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets will square off against the Catawba Ridge Copperheads at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Fort Mill 3, Catawba Ridge 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Fort Mill is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Catawba Ridge just ended the team's four-game winning streak dating back to last season on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Copperheads by a score of 5-4. The loss was the Yellow Jackets' first of the season.
Fort Mill got a good showing from Sullivan Townley, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Fort Mill saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Pettit, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Andrew Craddock also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
The win made it two in a row for Catawba Ridge and bumps their season record up to 3-1-1. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 1.5 runs across that stretch. As for Fort Mill, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
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