The Greene Central Rams will head out on the road to challenge the Ayden - Grifton Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Greene Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Greene Central fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against SouthWest Edgecombe on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Rams have lost by just one run.
Mason Dillon
| 03/21/25 @ SouthWest Edgecombe | 2 |
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Greene Central saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Dillon, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base. Those two hits gave Dillon a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Ayden - Grifton came up short against Farmville Central on Friday and fell 8-5. The loss continues a trend for the Chargers in their meetings with the Jaguars: they've now lost five in a row.
This is the second loss in a row for Greene Central and nudges their season record down to 4-4. Those defeats can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 8 runs in those games. As for Ayden - Grifton, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Greene Central has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Ayden - Grifton struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 12.2 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Everything went Greene Central's way against Ayden - Grifton when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Greene Central made off with an 11-0 win. Will Greene Central repeat their success, or does Ayden - Grifton has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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