The Buckingham Knights will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Randolph-Henry Statesmen at 6:00 p.m. Neither Buckingham nor Randolph-Henry posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Buckingham's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Lunenburg Central on Thursday. They lost 10-0 to the Chargers.
Meanwhile, Randolph-Henry had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They skirted past the Red Devils 2-1.
Danner Allen made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Allen has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season. Allen was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Allen wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Alyssa Townsend, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Buckingham's loss dropped their record down to 7-3. As for Randolph-Henry, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season.
Buckingham couldn't quite finish off Randolph-Henry when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 3-1. Can Buckingham avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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