The Eastern Alamance Eagles will face off against the Southern Alamance Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Eastern Alamance headed into their last contest having not scored more than two runs for four straight, but Eastern Guilford let them put that streak behind them. Everything went Eastern Alamance's way against Eastern Guilford on Thursday as Eastern Alamance made off with a 17-2 victory. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Wildcats recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
John Wittig
| 03/13/25 vs Eastern Guilford | 4 |
| 04/10/24 @ East Chapel Hill | 3 |
| 04/09/24 vs Western Alamance | 3 |
| 03/15/24 @ Southern Alamance | 1 |
John Wittig was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three doubles, four RBI, and two runs. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI. Another player making a difference was Tyler Westbrooks, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Eastern Alamance always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Southern Alamance had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.7 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 8-2 victory. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by six runs or more this season.
Southern Alamance pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Eastern Alamance, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Eastern Alamance might still be hurting after the 8-2 loss they got from Southern Alamance when the teams last played on Tuesday. Will Eastern Alamance have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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