The Matoaca Warriors will face off against the Thomas Dale Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Matoaca's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Thomas Dale has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Matoaca proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by six) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Petersburg a 1-0 shutout. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Warriors have posted since April 15th.
Thomas Dale never got on the board in their matchup last Tuesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against L.C. Bird on Friday. They put the hurt on the Skyhawks with a sharp 15-1 victory. The win continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Skyhawks: they've now won six in a row.
Matoaca has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.1 runs on average over those games. As for Thomas Dale, their win bumped their record up to 4-11.
Matoaca beat Thomas Dale 4-0 when the teams last played back in April. Do the Warriors have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Knights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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