The Fike Demons will head out on the road to square off against the Southern Wayne Saints at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Southern Wayne took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Fike, who comes in off a win.
Fike is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Beddingfield on Wednesday as they made off with a 13-2 victory. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Demons with their most commanding win of the season.
Lawson Boykin was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). CJ Summerlin was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Fike was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .406. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Southern Wayne was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Hunt, falling 10-2.
Southern Wayne saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Odom, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Cameron Beasley also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Fike is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-10 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Southern Wayne, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-12.
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