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| 03/18/25 - Away | 20-0 W |
| 04/12/24 - Away | 21-1 W |
| 03/19/24 - Home | 18-0 W |
| 04/04/23 - Home | 15-0 W |
| 03/15/23 - Away | 14-1 W |
| + 3 more games |
Oak Grove is a perfect 8-0 against Asheboro since March of 2022 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Grizzlies will host the Blue Comets at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Oak Grove has seven straight wins, Asheboro has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Oak Grove's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over Central Davidson.
The result came thanks to Mary Peyton Hodge's shutout, as she gave up just five hits and racked up 16 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Isabelle Lawrence, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI and one double. Another player making a difference was Harper Sugg, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Asheboro's offense. They came up short against Montgomery Central on Tuesday, falling 15-0.
Oak Grove pushed their record up to 9-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Asheboro, their loss dropped their record down to 3-11.
Asheboro's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Friday. Oak Grove has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.1 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Asheboro, though, as they've been averaging only 2.6 strikeouts. Will Oak Grove keep running through batters, or will the Blue Comets buck the trend?
Everything went Oak Grove's way against Asheboro when the teams last played back in March, as Oak Grove made off with a 20-0 win. Will the Grizzlies repeat their success, or do the Blue Comets have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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