Charlottesville is 2-8 against Western Albemarle since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Charlottesville Black Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Western Albemarle Warriors at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Charlottesville will head into Thursday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a eight-run defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Albemarle last Thursday. Charlottesville narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Albemarle 7-5.
Meanwhile, Western Albemarle can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. They blew past Albemarle 7-1. The win was familiar territory for Western Albemarle who now have four in a row.
The team relied heavily on Aidan Carver-Woodson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Julian Miles, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Charlottesville has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. As for Western Albemarle, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-4.
Charlottesville couldn't quite finish off Western Albemarle when the teams last played back in April and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Western Albemarle's Ryan Schenk, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Charlottesville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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