The Emerald Vikings will square off against the Ware Shoals Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Emerald will be strutting in after a win while Ware Shoals will be coming in after a loss.
The home team had won the previous seven meetings between Emerald and Ninety Six, and Emerald kept the tradition alive. The Vikings were the clear victors by a 7-1 margin over the Wildcats on Tuesday. Seven seems to be a good number for the Vikings as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Beau Hite
| 04/28/26 vs Ninety Six | 2 |
| 04/16/26 @ Saluda | 2 |
| 03/25/26 vs Saluda | 2 |
| 03/20/26 @ Wren | 2 |
| 04/08/26 @ Westside | 1 |
| + 2 more games |
Beau Hite was excellent, going 1-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. He has become a key player for Emerald: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 7-13 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Holden Styron, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Ware Shoals came up short against Ninety Six on Monday, falling 13-1. The Hornets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Emerald is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-14 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Ware Shoals, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-13-1.
Everything went Emerald's way against Ware Shoals when the teams last played back in April of 2025, as Emerald made off with a 10-4 victory. Do the Vikings have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hornets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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