The St. Augustine Yellow Jackets will head out to square off against the Clay Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Augustine will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Last Friday, St. Augustine earned a 7-4 win over Tocoi Creek.
Kevin Willis was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Xavier Ahr also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Meanwhile, Clay didn't have quite enough to beat Tocoi Creek on Tuesday and fell 5-4. That's two games in a row now that the Blue Devils have lost by just one run.
Rylan McMahan was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off only two hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Clay saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was JC Rosette, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one double. Those two RBI gave Rosette a new career-high. Another was Easton McMahan, who scored a run while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
This is the second loss in a row for Clay and nudges their season record down to 9-4. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only one runs. As for St. Augustine, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. St. Augustine has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Clay struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.3 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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