Raceland has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the East Carter Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If Raceland beats East Carter with 11 runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Raceland put the hurt on Fairland with a sharp 11-1 victory on Monday. That's two games straight that Raceland has won by exactly ten runs.
Raceland let Conner Thacker and Brayden Webb loose on the outfield. Thacker scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Webb scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Sparks, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, East Carter waltzed into their contest on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Red Devils as they made off with an 11-5 win.
Raceland is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which somehow isn't as good as their 27-7 record this season. As for East Carter, they pushed their record up to 17-6 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Raceland beat East Carter 7-3 in their previous meeting back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for Raceland 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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