The Southern Columbia Area Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hughesville Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Southern Columbia Area: 2.5, Hughesville: 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Southern Columbia Area's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over Warrior Run. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Southern Columbia Area.
Southern Columbia Area saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Sharrow, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Hughesville came tearing into Monday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 12-3 margin over the Panthers. Considering Hughesville has won four matchups by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Nathan Bieber looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Hughesville got a massive performance out of Gage Thomas, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Angelo Ferrigno, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Southern Columbia Area has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Hughesville, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2.
Southern Columbia Area came up short against Hughesville in their previous matchup back in March, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hughesville's Graden Dohl, who tossed six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Southern Columbia Area knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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