Blue Ridge waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Howe Bulldogs a 10-0 shutout. The Tigers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Bulldogs, too.
The result came thanks to Gage Branch's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up nine Ks. Blue Ridge is 2-1 when Branch posts eight or more strikeouts, but 4-6 otherwise.
Micah Dickerson
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At the plate, the team relied heavily on Micah Dickerson, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Caden Brown was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one home run and three runs.
Blue Ridge was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Howe only posted a batting average of .095.
The win was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 6-7. As for Howe, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-11.
Blue Ridge will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Bulldogs: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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