Spotsylvania and Eastern View are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2018, but likely not for long. The Spotsylvania Knights will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Eastern View Cyclones at 6:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Spotsylvania: 3.1, Eastern View: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Spotsylvania is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Dinwiddie just ended the team's nine-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell 7-2 to the Generals.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, Eastern View was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of King George.
Cailin Rendell spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned (and one unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up 14 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Eastern View saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sara Hopper, who went 2-for-4 with a double.
Even though they lost, Eastern View didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as King George only tossed six.
Spotsylvania's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-5-1. As for Eastern View, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-4.
Spotsylvania came up short against Eastern View in their previous matchup back in April, falling 5-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rendell, who struck out 15 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Now that Spotsylvania knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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