The North Augusta Yellow Jackets are taking a road trip to face off against the Silver Bluff Bulldogs at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Augusta has three straight victories, Silver Bluff has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While North Augusta's win against Aiken wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Yellow Jackets had just enough and edged out the Fighting Green Hornets 2-1 on Thursday. That's two games straight that the Yellow Jackets have won by just one run.
Silver Bluff couldn't beat Fox Creek on Friday even though they stacked four runs on them in the third inning. The Bulldogs came up short against the Predators, falling 11-5.
Landry Barfield made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. That double was his first of the season.
Silver Bluff's defeat dropped their record down to 3-12. As for North Augusta, their victory bumped their record up to 6-13.
North Augusta came out on top in a nail-biter against Silver Bluff in their previous matchup back in March of 2019, sneaking past 5-4. Will the Yellow Jackets repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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