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| 03/19/25 - Home | 1-10 L |
| 03/17/25 - Away | 3-9 L |
| 04/10/18 - Away | 6-10 L |
| 03/16/18 - Home | 4-2 W |
| 04/04/17 - Home | 6-5 W |
| + 5 more games |
Myrtle Beach and St. James are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2015, but likely not for long. The Myrtle Beach Seahawks will take on the St. James Sharks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Myrtle Beach's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so St. James' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Myrtle Beach's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Wednesday's struggle, when St. James hitters got past them. Myrtle Beach lost 10-1 to St. James on Wednesday. The Seahawks' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.
For St. James' part, Dylan Victoria tossed a big game, striking out 14 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). Victoria has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Luke Kessler was a standout: he scored a run while going 3-for-5. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Justin Sobczyk, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
St. James was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .432. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
The victory made it two in a row for St. James and bumps their season record up to 3-5. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 14 hits in those games compared to only 4.17 in the others. As for Myrtle Beach, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
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