The Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones are taking a road trip to challenge the East Carter Raiders at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Elizabethton's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so East Carter's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Elizabethton took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Cloudland by a score of 12-8. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Fighting Cyclones considering their two-run performance the match before.
Meanwhile, East Carter didn't have quite enough to beat South Point on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Elizabethton is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.9 runs over those games. As for East Carter, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-3.
Elizabethton couldn't quite get it done against East Carter when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as they fell 7-4. Can the Fighting Cyclones avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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