Douglas Byrd is on a ten-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), Seventy-First a 16-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The Douglas Byrd Eagles will take on the Seventy-First Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
On Tuesday, Douglas Byrd suffered a rough 21-1 defeat at the hands of Purnell Swett. That's two games in a row now that Douglas Byrd has lost by exactly 20 runs.
Douglas Byrd saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Braudy Bracena Gil, who went 1-for-1 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Seventy-First fell victim to a tough 13-3 loss at the hands of Lumberton on Tuesday.
Douglas Byrd's defeat dropped their record down to 0-20. As for Seventy-First, their loss dropped their record down to 3-16.
Douglas Byrd suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to Seventy-First in their previous matchup on April 2nd. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Seventy-First's Chris Melendez, who struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (and only one walk). Now that Douglas Byrd 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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