The Coventry Comets are on the road again on Monday to play the Woodridge Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. Coventry is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, Coventry sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over Ellet.
Basinger Cody spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on seven hits.
At the plate, Coventry saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Smith, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucas Futrell, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Woodridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Nordonia by a score of 10-9.
Coventry's win bumped their record up to 6-11. As for Woodridge, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Coventry might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Woodridge in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Coventry avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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