The Elk Lake Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Blue Ridge Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Elk Lake has four straight wins, Blue Ridge has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Elk Lake is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Forest City (and have done all season long). Elk Lake's pitchers stepped up to hand Forest City a 14-0 shutout on Saturday. While fans of Elk Lake might be used to big wins, the 14-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Isaac Gesford and Dawson Sherman made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Gesford tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Sherman tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Gesford scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Sherman went 1-for-1 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Cohen Orlandini and Brayden Miller did most of the damage at the plate: Orlandini scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Miller scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Orlandini is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Gesford, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Blue Ridge fell victim to a tough 15-9 loss at the hands of Mountain View on Saturday.
Elk Lake pushed their record up to 7-3 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Blue Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything went Elk Lake's way against Blue Ridge in their previous meeting on April 1st as Elk Lake made off with an 8-1 win. Will Elk Lake repeat their success, or does Blue Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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