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| 04/22/24 - Home | 15-14 W |
| 04/10/23 - Away | 18-14 W |
| 04/12/22 - Home | 13-8 W |
| 05/19/21 - Away | 12-7 W |
| 04/14/21 - Home | 16-5 W |
| + 2 more games |
Sullivan County has gone a perfect 7-0 against Sugar Valley Rural recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Griffins are taking a road trip to take on the Phoenix at 11:00 a.m. Sullivan County has given up an average of 11.8 runs per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Sullivan County is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Millville on Thursday. They lost 19-1 to the Quakers. The Griffins haven't had much luck with the Quakers recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sugar Valley Rural). Everything went their way against Montgomery on Thursday as they made off with a 13-7 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Phoenix.
Sugar Valley Rural got a massive performance out of Bryer Martin, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. The Phoenix are undefeated when Martin posts two or more runs, but 1-8-1 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Swanger, who went 3-for-4 with three doubles, two runs, and one RBI.
Sugar Valley Rural was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .581. The last time their batting average was this high was back in May of 2024.
Sullivan County's loss dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Sugar Valley Rural, their victory bumped their record up to 4-8-1.
Sullivan County skirted past Sugar Valley Rural 15-14 in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Griffins since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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