East Wake hasn't had much luck against South Johnston recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Warriors will square off against the Trojans at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (East Wake 4, South Johnston 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
East Wake fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against West Johnston on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 3-2.
East Wake saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaimee Fowler, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Another was Katelyn Smith, who went 2-for-3 with two runs.
Meanwhile, South Johnston had already won 15 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it 16 on Thursday. They walked away with a 6-2 win over the Comets.
South Johnston pushed their record up to 16-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for East Wake, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-6.
East Wake suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to South Johnston in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Warriors avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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