The Eastern Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the Williamsburg Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Eastern's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Williamsburg's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Eastern is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 18 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Waverly on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-2.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Williamsburg, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They were the clear victors by a 13-0 margin over East Clinton on Monday. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matchups by seven runs or more this season.
The result came thanks to Alyssa Vearil's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kaityln Pollitt, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Lyla Hensley was another key player, going 3-for-4 with four RBI and one run.
Williamsburg was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .371 or higher in five consecutive contests.
Williamsburg is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Eastern, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-5.
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