The Catawba Ridge Copperheads will square off against the Lugoff-Elgin Demons at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Catawba Ridge will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
Catawba Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Northwestern a 16-0 shutout on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Copperheads, who have now won four matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lugoff-Elgin lost 12-1 to West Florence on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for the Demons in their meetings with the Knights: they've now lost three in a row.
Catawba Ridge pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Lugoff-Elgin, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
Catawba Ridge came out on top in a nail-biter against Lugoff-Elgin in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. Will Catawba Ridge repeat their success, or does Lugoff-Elgin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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