The West Jefferson Roughriders will head out on the road to take on the Bloom-Carroll Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.
West Jefferson's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Northeastern 12-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for West Jefferson.
Lexi Swaney made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Swaney was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Zoey Brown was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-2. Payton Kincade was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Bloom-Carroll can now show off 13 landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Logan Elm as Bloom-Carroll made off with a 14-3 win. Considering Bloom-Carroll's hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
West Jefferson's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-11. As for Bloom-Carroll, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season.
West Jefferson came out on top in a nail-biter against Bloom-Carroll when the teams last played back in March of 2019, sneaking past 1-0. Will West Jefferson repeat their success, or does Bloom-Carroll have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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