The Wake Forest Cougars will venture away from home to take on the Leesville Road Pride at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
While Cougars fans will have to keep waiting for their squad to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Tuesday's season opener. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Seaforth an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday.
Jackson Hardy looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ethan Brittain, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Ian Williams, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, everything went Leesville Road's way against Wakefield on Wednesday as Leesville Road made off with a 10-1 victory.
Avery Morton looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Landon Lewis was excellent, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Brett Kutner was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Leesville Road was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Wakefield only posted a batting average of .192.
Everything went Wake Forest's way against Leesville Road in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, as Wake Forest made off with a 12-0 win. Will Wake Forest repeat their success, or does Leesville Road have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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