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| 03/25/25 - Away | 15-0 W |
| 04/30/24 - Home | 10-0 W |
| 04/25/24 - Away | 16-0 W |
| 03/26/24 - Home | 4-0 W |
| 05/04/23 - Home | 10-0 W |
| + 5 more games |
Scotland is 9-1 against Richmond since March of 2022 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Fighting Scots will welcome the Raiders at 7:00 p.m. Scotland is coming into the game hot, having won their last 16 games.
Scotland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Freedom Christian Academy, who was ranked 15th at the time (Scotland was ranked tenth). The Fighting Scots' pitchers stepped up to hand the Patriots a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Richmond was able to grind out a solid win over Anson on Monday, taking the game 9-4. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Raiders.
Madee Pearson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned runs on eight hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kinsie Lyerly, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. That stolen base marked the first that she snagged this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakayla Steele, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Scotland's victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-1. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.1 runs over those games. As for Richmond, their victory bumped their record up to 8-12.
Everything went Scotland's way against Richmond in their previous meeting back in March, as Scotland made off with a 15-0 win. Do the Fighting Scots have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Raiders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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