For the second straight game, River Bluff will face off against Lexington. The Gators will head out on the road to square off against the Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (River Bluff 3.6, Lexington 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
River Bluff is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Lexington, who was ranked seventh at the time (River Bluff was ranked 16th). The Gators took a 6-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats on Tuesday. The loss continues a trend for the Gators in their meetings with the Wildcats: they've now lost three in a row.
Lexington pushed their record up to 14-7-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for River Bluff, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-6.
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