The Berkeley Stags will challenge the Lucy Beckham Bengals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Berkeley has eight straight victories, Lucy Beckham has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Berkeley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Fort Dorchester, who was ranked 13th at the time (Berkeley was ranked ninth). The Stags came out on top against the Patriots by a score of 7-4 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Lucy Beckham fell victim to Wando and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 12-0 to the Warriors.
Berkeley's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-2. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Lucy Beckham, their loss dropped their record down to 8-8.
Berkeley took their win against Lucy Beckham when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 15-0 score. Do the Stags have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bengals turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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