New Bern is on a four-game streak of home wins, while J.H. Rose is on a nine-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The New Bern Bears will take on the J.H. Rose Rampants at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Saturday, New Bern fell victim to a rough 14-2 defeat at the hands of Dixon.
Meanwhile, J.H. Rose faced D.H. Conley in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. J.H. Rose took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of D.H. Conley.
J.H. Rose got a good showing from Davis Hathaway, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Hathaway has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, J.H. Rose saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Wallen, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Wallen has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
New Bern's loss dropped their record down to 11-7. As for J.H. Rose, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-2.
New Bern couldn't quite finish off J.H. Rose when the teams last played back in March and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wallen, who struck out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. Now that New Bern 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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