Spotsylvania lost against Eastern View back in April, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Spotsylvania Knights fell just short of the Eastern View Cyclones by a score of 2-1. Spotsylvania has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
For Eastern View's part, Cailin Rendell made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 14 over nine innings pitched. Rendell has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in ten consecutive pitching appearances. Rendell was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Rendell wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jayzmin Smith, who went 1-for-4 with an RBI.
Spotsylvania's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-6-1. As for Eastern View, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Spotsylvania will be playing in front of their home fans against Chancellor at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Spotsylvania is facing Chancellor at the right time seeing as Chancellor is stuck on a 15-game losing streak. As for Eastern View, they will head out on the road to take on Culpeper County at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Eastern View is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
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