Douglas will venture away from home to face off against Pisgah at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Douglas will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Thursday, then bounced right back against Crossville on Monday. The Eagles' pitcher stepped up to hand the Lions a 16-0 shutout. The victory continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Lions: they've now won four in a row.
Douglas got a massive performance out of Baker Lyles, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one double. That double marked the first that Lyles has hit this season. Another player making a difference was Judson Murray, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Douglas always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .645. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Pisgah came out on top against Cedar Bluff on Tuesday thanks in part to the team's impressive five-run fourth inning. The Eagles were the clear victors by a 9-0 margin over the Tigers. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by exactly nine runs.
Pisgah let Caleb Jenkins and Jackson Smalley run wild. Jenkins went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI, while Smalley went 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI. Pisgah is 2-1 when Jenkins posts two or more stolen bases, but 7-8 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Sawyer Davis, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI and one run.
The win got Pisgah back to even at 9-9. As for Douglas, their victory was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 16-11.
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