On Wednesday, Greenbrier East faced Bluefield in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Greenbrier East Spartans never let the Bluefield Beavers onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory. Greenbrier East might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six games by seven runs or more this season.
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.
On Bluefield's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cara Brown, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Greenbrier East pushed their record up to 11-6 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Bluefield, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-3.
Greenbrier East will be playing at home against Nicholas County at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Greenbrier East's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Nicholas County's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Bluefield, they will head out on the road to square off against Princeton at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Bluefield is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
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