New Kent is 10-0 against Grafton since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The New Kent Trojans will look to defend their home field against the Grafton Clippers at 4:30 p.m. New Kent will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.
New Kent is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Hanover, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (New Kent was ranked 20th). New Kent took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hanover on Monday. New Kent was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three contests prior) but Hanover's pitcher proved too tough.
New Kent saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hannah Tober, who went 1-for-2 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Grafton put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Lafayette a 14-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Grafton.
New Kent's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-2. As for Grafton, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5-1 record this season.
New Kent beat Grafton 6-2 in their previous matchup back in March. Does New Kent have another victory up their sleeve, or will Grafton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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