The Spotswood Trailblazers will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the East Rockingham Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Spotswood is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last seven games.
Spotswood gave up the first runs last Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top against William Monroe by a score of 13-10.
Drew Hawkins was incredible, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Porter Carver, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, East Rockingham didn't have quite enough to beat Rockbridge County on Thursday and fell 4-2.
East Rockingham also got a good showing from Kayden Gibson, who tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, East Rockingham saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Wright, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Spotswood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for East Rockingham, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Spotswood has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like East Rockingham struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Spotswood was able to grind out a solid win over East Rockingham when the teams last played back in April, winning 9-4. Will Spotswood repeat their success, or does East Rockingham have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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