The Belton-Honea Path Bears will face off against the Crescent Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Belton-Honea Path sitting on four straight victories and Crescent on three.
Belton-Honea Path proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by ten) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Woodmont 4-3.
Meanwhile, Crescent's hitters rose to the challenge against a Warriors pitching crew that boasted an average of only 3.9 runs allowed on Tuesday. The Tigers blew past West-Oak 12-5. Considering the Tigers have won 11 games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Belton-Honea Path's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-2. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs over those games. As for Crescent, their win bumped their record up to 13-4.
Belton-Honea Path was able to grind out a solid victory over Crescent in their previous matchup back in March, winning 9-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bears 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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