The New Kent Trojans will head out on the road to challenge the Jamestown Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as New Kent comes in on ten and Jamestown on four.
New Kent proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 13) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over Grafton.
New Kent saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lane Boyette, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Nile Gammon, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Jamestown only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the eight-point they dealt Essex on Monday. Jamestown never let Essex onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. Eight seems to be a good number for Jamestown as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
New Kent's win was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs per game. As for Jamestown, their record is now 4-2.
New Kent couldn't quite finish off Jamestown in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 and fell 8-6. Can New Kent avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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