East Paulding has gone 5-0 against New Manchester recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The East Paulding Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the New Manchester Jaguar at 6:00 p.m. East Paulding will be looking to extend their current ten-game winning streak.
East Paulding's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Monday. They blew past Rome 16-0. Considering the Raiders have won 14 games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
The result came thanks to Emma Hernandez's shutout, as she gave up just one hit and racked up eight Ks. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, East Paulding got a massive performance out of Ella Heal, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ansleigh Broome, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Paulding always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 35.5% earlier this season, but in their last ten matches they've averaged 49.5%.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 17 runs the game before, New Manchester was a bit more limited in their contest on Monday. They lost 20-1 to Chapel Hill. The loss continues a trend for the Jaguar in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost five in a row.
East Paulding is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season. As for New Manchester, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-13.
Everything went East Paulding's way against New Manchester in their previous meeting back in September, as East Paulding made off with a 16-2 win. Does East Paulding have another victory up their sleeve, or will New Manchester turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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