The Ashe County Huskies will face off against the East Surry Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Ashe County is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Ashe County is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 30-9 margin over Johnson County on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Lincoln Holdaway looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between East Surry and North Surry, and North Surry kept the tradition alive. East Surry fell just short of North Surry by a score of 4-2 on Friday.
Ashe County's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for East Surry, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Ashe County was able to grind out a solid victory over East Surry in their previous meeting back in February, winning 7-2. Will Ashe County repeat their success, or does East Surry have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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