The Albemarle Patriots will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the J.R. Tucker Tigers at 1:00 p.m. J.R. Tucker took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Albemarle, who comes in off a win.
Albemarle took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Goochland as Albemarle made off with a 10-1 win.
Meanwhile, J.R. Tucker was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost 11-4 to Maggie Walker.
Caleb Wood made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Even though they lost, J.R. Tucker didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. This was only their eighth loss (out of ten games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Albemarle's victory bumped their record up to 7-8. As for J.R. Tucker, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11-1.
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