Currituck County is 10-0 against Hertford County since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Currituck County Knights will look to defend their home field against the Hertford County Bears at 4:00 p.m. Currituck County will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Currituck County stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Manteo a 9-0 shutout.
Currituck County got a big performance out of Braden Williams, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Will Brumsey, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Hertford County came up short against Northeastern on Tuesday and fell 10-5.
Hunter Leo was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-2 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double.
Currituck County pushed their record up to 9-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.7 runs per game. As for Hertford County, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Hertford County's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Saturday. Currituck County has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.1 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Hertford County, though, as they've been averaging only 3. Will Currituck County keep running through batters, or will Hertford County buck the trend?
Everything went Currituck County's way against Hertford County when the teams last played two weeks ago as Currituck County made off with a 13-3 win. Will Currituck County repeat their success, or does Hertford County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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