The Colonial Beach Drifters are taking a road trip to challenge Rappahannock County at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Wednesday, Colonial Beach made easy work of The Carmel School and carried off a 12-5 win. Considering the Drifters' hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Evan Steffey
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Brett Barrett and Evan Steffey made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Barrett struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits (and only one walk). Meanwhile, Steffey tossed two innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four). At bat, Barrett went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI, while Steffey scored two runs and stole five bases while going 1-for-4. Steffey has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
In other batting news, Colonial Beach let Zachary Papanicolas and Kenneth Neitzey run wild. Papanicolas scored two runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-3, while Neitzey scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-2. That's the most hits Papanicolas has posted since back in April of 2024. Chance Holmes also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen bases of the season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rappahannock County). They came out on top against Eastern View by a score of 11-8 on Tuesday. The victory was nothing new for Rappahannock County as they're now sitting on four straight.
The win made it two in a row for Colonial Beach and bumps their season record up to 3-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 5 runs in those games. As for Rappahannock County, their record now sits at 4-1.
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