The East Carter Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Raceland Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Raceland is hoping to do on Tuesday what Russell couldn't on Monday: put an end to East Carter's winning streak, which now stands at four games. East Carter blew past Russell 11-5.
Meanwhile, Raceland won against Fairland on Monday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Monday. Raceland put the hurt on Fairland with a sharp 11-1 victory. That's two games straight that Raceland has won by exactly ten runs.
Raceland let Conner Thacker and Brayden Webb loose on the outfield. Thacker scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Webb scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Landon Sparks, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
East Carter has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Raceland, they pushed their record up to 27-7 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
East Carter came up short against Raceland in their previous meeting back in March, falling 7-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Webb, who tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that East Carter knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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