The Decatur Seahawks will be playing at home against the South River Seahawks at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Decatur sitting on nine straight victories and South River on three.
Decatur stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Colonel Richardson as Decatur made off with a 13-4 win. Decatur's victory was all the more impressive since Colonel Richardson was averaging only 2.85 runs allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, South River has not done well against Arundel recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. South River had just enough and edged Arundel out 8-7. That's two games straight that South River has won by just one run.
The team relied heavily on James Keeny, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and two doubles. Blake Powelson was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Decatur's win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-2. As for South River, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season.
Decatur came out on top in a nail-biter against South River in their previous matchup back in March of 2018, sneaking past 13-12. Will Decatur repeat their success, or does South River have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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