The St. Stephens Indians will square off against the McDowell Titans at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Stephens will be strutting in after a victory while McDowell will be coming in after a defeat.
On Tuesday, St. Stephens made easy work of Freedom and carried off a 10-1 win. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, McDowell was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They came up short against Alexander Central, falling 11-0.
McDowell saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zack Woody, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base.
St. Stephens has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for McDowell, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11.
Everything went St. Stephens' way against McDowell in their previous matchup back in March, as St. Stephens made off with a 10-0 win. Do the Indians have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Titans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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