Forestview is 8-2 against East Gaston since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Forestview Jaguars will head out on the road to face off against the East Gaston Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Forestview is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 11.2 runs per game this season.
Forestview will head into Friday's match ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Kings Mountain on Friday but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the ten-point loss they were dealt on Tuesday. Forestview fell just short of Kings Mountain by a score of 7-5. Forestview has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Blair Riley was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, East Gaston unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Thursday. Their rough 9-3 defeat to Lincoln Charter might stick with them for a while. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs East Gaston has scored all season.
East Gaston saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alexis Boulware, who went 3-for-4 with two doubles. Hannah Massey was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Forestview's loss dropped their record down to 9-6. As for East Gaston, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-6.
East Gaston's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Monday. Forestview has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for East Gaston, though, as they've been averaging only 3.7. Will Forestview keep running through batters, or will East Gaston buck the trend?
Forestview was able to grind out a solid victory over East Gaston when the teams last played back in February, winning 8-5. The rematch might be a little tougher for Forestview since the team 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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