Countryside hasn't had much luck against Northeast recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Countryside Cougars will host the Northeast Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Countryside's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Northeast's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Countryside will bounce into Friday's contest after beating East Lake, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Countryside narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past East Lake 5-4. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Countryside saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sean Sobush, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI. That double was Sobush's first of the season. Another was Luke Tregillus, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Northeast didn't have quite enough to beat St. Petersburg Catholic on Wednesday and fell 3-2.
Luke Guzman and Michael Marley did some serious damage despite the final result: Guzman went 2-for-3 with two doubles and one RBI, while Marley scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Guzman a new career-high in hits (two).
Northeast's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-4. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 9.2 hits in those games compared to only five in the others. As for Countryside, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
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