The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets will be playing at home against the Winslow Bulldogs at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Blue Ridge has six straight wins, Winslow has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Blue Ridge gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. Everything went their way against Holbrook as Blue Ridge made off with a 14-2 win.
Trenyn Trickey tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits.
On the hitting side, Cody Ashcraft was incredible, going 3-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. Hunter Krause was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Winslow fell victim to a rough 18-6 loss at the hands of Buckeye on Saturday.
Winslow saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Justus Martin, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Blue Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Winslow, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-16.
Tuesday's match might come down to which pitcher can control the ball better. Blue Ridge has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .440. However, it's not like Winslow struggles in that department as they've averaged .449. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Blue Ridge might still be hurting after the 9-1 loss they got from Winslow when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Winslow's Brendan Knight, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over 6.2 innings pitched. Now that Blue Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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