The Greenbrier East Spartans are taking a road trip to challenge the Buffalo Bison at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Greenbrier East beats Buffalo with 14 runs on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Spartans beat Bluefield on Wednesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 14-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
Reagan Cline and Haylee Heaster did most of the damage at the plate: Cline scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances, while Heaster went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI. Heaster continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Sydney Norman also deserves some recognition as she got her first hit of the season.
Greenbrier East always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .697. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, Buffalo put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Nitro with a sharp 19-12 victory. The Bison's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Buffalo pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they've averaged 11.0 runs this season. As for Greenbrier East, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
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