The Soddy Daisy Trojans will venture away from home to square off against the South-Doyle Cherokees at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Soddy Daisy's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so South-Doyle's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Soddy Daisy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs last Monday, they were much more limited against Red Bank on Monday. They fell just short of the Lions by a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, South-Doyle was not the first on the board on Monday, but they got there more often. They walked away with an 8-4 win over Heritage. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cherokees.
Holden Lowe made a big impact no matter where he played. He pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three runs. South-Doyle is 5-1 when Lowe posts two or more runs, but 9-15-1 otherwise.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gabe Jones, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, five RBI, and two runs. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Fisher Jacobs, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
South-Doyle lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Soddy Daisy's defeat dropped their record down to 21-12-2. As for South-Doyle, their record is now 14-16-1.
Soddy Daisy came out on top in a nail-biter against South-Doyle when the teams last played back in April of 2015, sneaking past 2-1. Will the Trojans repeat their success, or do the Cherokees have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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