The Villa Rica Wildcats will face off against the Fellowship Christian Paladins at 5:55 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Villa Rica 1.6, Fellowship Christian 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Fellowship Christian's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Friday: Villa Rica hadn't allowed a single run the last four times they've hit the field. The Wildcats' pitchers stepped up to hand McEachern a 2-0 shutout on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Wildcats have posted since February 25th.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fellowship Christian). They blew past Galloway 14-1 last Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Paladins, who have now won seven matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Fellowship Christian got a great performance from Will Bracken as he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). Those eight strikeouts gave Bracken a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Mack Town was a standout: he scored three runs and stole five bases. Those five stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Coe Puckett, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and four RBI.
Villa Rica pushed their record up to 23-2 with the victory, which was their 12th straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Fellowship Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
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