Charlottesville is 2-8 against Western Albemarle since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Charlottesville Black Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Western Albemarle Warriors at 6:30 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Charlottesville will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Albemarle, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Charlottesville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 win over Albemarle on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Western Albemarle can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent contest on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Woodberry Forest a 10-0 shutout. Ten seems to be a good number for Western Albemarle as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The result came thanks to Jack Parkins's shutout, as he gave up just two hits.
On the hitting side, Daniel Jones and Jack Connelly did most of the damage at the plate: Jones scored three runs while going 2-for-3, while Connelly scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Carver-Woodson, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Charlottesville has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-10 record this season. As for Western Albemarle, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 14-4.
Charlottesville couldn't quite finish off Western Albemarle when the teams last played back in April and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Western Albemarle's Ryan Schenk, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Charlottesville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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