The Tazewell Bulldogs will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Eastside Spartans at 5:00 p.m. Neither Tazewell nor Eastside posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Neither Tazewell nor Patrick Henry made it onto the board last Wednesday thanks to some airtight pitching. The pair finished up on equal footing with a 0-0 tie.
Meanwhile, Eastside put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They beat Richlands by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-1.
Haley Day was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Tazewell's tie makes their record 0-1-1 this season. As for Eastside, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
Tazewell suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Eastside in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastside's Braelyn Hall, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 13 over four innings pitched. Now that Tazewell knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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