The Chopticon Braves will square off against the Arundel Wildcats on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Chopticon sitting on three straight victories and Arundel on six.
Chopticon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Northern, sneaking past 7-6. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Braves have posted since April 4th.
Meanwhile, Arundel won against Severna Park on Tuesday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Wildcats beat the Falcons by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 7-2.
Rowland Thursby made a splash no matter where he played. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Thursby was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
In other pitching news, Tahner McGriff tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Luke Gamble, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nicholas Billheimer, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Arundel pushed their record up to 14-10 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Chopticon, their victory bumped their record up to 15-5.
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