The Landrum Cardinals will face off against the Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Landrum took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They never let Blacksburg get on the board and left with a 6-0 win.
Meanwhile, Blue Ridge made easy work of Pickens last Thursday and carried off a 6-0 victory.
Gabe King was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. King was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with one home run and two RBI. That home run was his first of the season.
In other batting news, Jackson Weiner was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-5. Another player making a difference was Justin Gilpin, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Blue Ridge was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .406. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Pickens only posted a batting average of .083.
Landrum is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. Blue Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 6-3.
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