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| 05/02/23 - Home | 5-0 W |
| 04/20/23 - Away | 5-1 W |
| 04/14/22 - Home | 3-0 W |
| 04/15/19 - Away | 14-4 W |
Volunteer is a perfect 4-0 against Elizabethton since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Falcons will venture away from home to square off against the Fighting Cyclones at 2:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Volunteer has five straight wins, Elizabethton has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Volunteer barely beat Grainger the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Falcons put the hurt on the Grizzlies with a sharp 11-0 victory on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Falcons, who have now won ten matches by nine runs or more so far this season.
Volunteer let Sydney New and Emily Walker run wild. New went 1-for-2 with one home run and four RBI, while Walker went 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Jayden Ford was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs.
Volunteer always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .538. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Grainger only posted an OBP of .167.
Meanwhile, Elizabethton didn't have quite enough to beat Tennessee on Thursday and fell 5-4.
Volunteer's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-2. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.4 runs on average over those games. As for Elizabethton, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-7.
Volunteer was able to grind out a solid win over Elizabethton when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Falcons since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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