The Pine Forest Trojans will challenge the Richmond Senior Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pine Forest is looking for their season's first win.
Pine Forest is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell just short of Overhills by a score of 8-7 on Friday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
David Hicks and Oconee Chadwick did some serious damage despite the final result: Hicks went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double, while Chadwick went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. Those hits were Hicks' first of the season. Another player making a difference was Ryan Temple, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Richmond Senior fell victim to Pinecrest and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 11-0 to the Patriots. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Raiders, who until this matchup were averaging 3.44 runs allowed.
Pine Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Richmond Senior, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 6-3.
Pine Forest might still be hurting after the 19-0 defeat they got from Richmond Senior in their previous meeting on March 6th. Can the Trojans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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