The South Central Falcons have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Ashley Screaming Eagle at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (South Central: 3.6, Ashley: 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Monday, South Central earned a 6-3 win over Eastern Randolph.
Brody Stallings and Brody Brannan did most of the damage at the plate: Stallings scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3, while Brannan scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Ashley came tearing into Tuesday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Camels a 4-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Ashley has won by exactly four runs.
Not much got past Will Hartzell, who gave up just one hit and racked up ten Ks to keep Atkins off the board. Hartzell has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ashley's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Quinn Bentley, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
South Central's win bumped their record up to 11-2. As for Ashley, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-2.
South Central was able to grind out a solid win over Ashley in their previous matchup back in March of 2023, winning 13-9. Will South Central repeat their success, or does Ashley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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