The Broadway Gobblers will head out on the road to face off against the East Rockingham Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The last three games Broadway has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Broadway took a eight-run defeat the last time they faced off against Spotswood, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Gobblers skirted past the Trailblazers 3-2. That's two games straight that the Gobblers have won by just one run.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Friday as neither East Rockingham nor Spotswood made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Eagles took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Trailblazers. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, the Eagles couldn't push the score so high this time.
East Rockingham saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Eppard, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Broadway is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for East Rockingham, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 9-3 record.
Broadway might still be hurting after the 12-1 defeat they got from East Rockingham in their previous matchup back in April. Can the Gobblers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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