Tazewell hasn't had much luck against Virginia High recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Bulldogs will square off against the Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. Tazewell has given up an average of 7.9 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Tazewell barely beat Graham the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Bulldogs put the hurt on the G-Men with a sharp 24-12 win on Thursday. The match marked the Bulldogs' most dominant victory of the season.
Nathan Lambert and Walker Johnson did most of the damage at the plate: Lambert got on base in all five of his plate appearances with five runs, four RBI, and one triple, while Johnson went 2-for-4 with seven RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Those two doubles gave Johnson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Finn Moss, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with four RBI and one double.
Tazewell always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .622. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Virginia High had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Scarlet Hurricanes a 9-0 shutout. Considering the Bearcats have won five contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Virginia High's record now sits at 8-4. As for Tazewell, their win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-7.
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