The Laurel Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the Flowers Jaguars at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Laurel will be strutting in after a victory while Flowers will be coming in after a defeat.
Laurel can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent game on Friday. Everything went their way against Wise as Laurel made off with a 12-4 win. The high-scoring effort was just what Laurel needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Flowers had to settle for a 13-11 loss against Wise on Monday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (ten), Flowers still had to take the loss.
Marc Harrison Jr. and Jonathan Davis did some serious damage despite the final result: Harrison Jr. scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances, while Davis went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. Harrison Jr. has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played. Another player making a difference was Bryson Hopkins, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
Laurel pushed their record up to 9-5 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Flowers, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-5.
Laurel suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to Flowers in their previous matchup on April 6th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Flowers' Aaron Moss, who tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Now that Laurel knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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