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| 04/26/24 - Away | 3-4 L |
| 04/23/24 - Home | 2-6 L |
| 03/24/23 - Home | 0-4 L |
| 03/21/23 - Away | 4-1 W |
| 04/29/22 - Away | 0-1 L |
| + 5 more games |
Cheraw and Buford are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. Cheraw will challenge Buford at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Cheraw sitting on six straight victories and Buford on seven.
Cheraw barely beat Darlington the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Cheraw's pitcher stepped up to hand Darlington a 12-0 shutout on Monday. The matchup marked the Braves' most dominant win of the season so far.
The team relied heavily on Brayden Michael, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in March of 2024. Kaden Johnson was another key player, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Cheraw always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .552. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Buford posted their closest victory since May 11, 2024 on Friday. They had just enough and edged out Chesterfield 3-1. The three-run effort marked the Yellow Jackets' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Buford saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayden Mckenzie, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Cheraw pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 9.57 hits in those games compared to only five in the others. As for Buford, their record is now 8-1.
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