The Greenbrier East Spartans will head out on the road to take on the Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Greenbrier East is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.
Greenbrier East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Bluefield, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Greenbrier East was ranked tenth). Everything went Greenbrier East's way against Bluefield on Wednesday as Greenbrier East made off with a 7-0 victory. Considering Greenbrier East has won six matches by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Alanis McClary, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Taylor Boswell, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Buckhannon-Upshur came tearing into Wednesday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Cougars by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 10-7.
Buckhannon-Upshur let Kailey Hart and Reagan Mason loose on the outfield. Hart fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 3-for-5, while Mason went 4-for-5 with a home run, three doubles, and two RBI. Taylor Spratt was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-5.
Greenbrier East's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-6. As for Buckhannon-Upshur, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
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