Plainview is 1-9 against Fort Payne since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Plainview Bears will look to defend their home field against the Fort Payne Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Plainview has six straight wins, Fort Payne has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Plainview's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against North Jackson as Plainview made off with a 9-0 victory. Considering the Bears have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Cy Traylor, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI. Trey Rutledge was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Fort Payne didn't have quite enough to beat James Clemens on Thursday and fell 4-3. That's two games in a row now that the Wildcats have lost by just one run.
Ryker Shankles was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing Three bases. while going 1-for-3. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases.
Plainview pushed their record up to 6-7 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Fort Payne, they now have a losing record of 8-9.
Fort Payne's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Plainview hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .315. It's a different story for Fort Payne, though, as they've only averaged .236. Will they be able to contain Plainview's hitters?
Plainview couldn't quite get it done against Fort Payne in their previous matchup on March 1st as they fell 5-1. Can Plainview avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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