Vance County hasn't had much luck against Louisburg recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. Vance County will head out on the road to face off against Louisburg at 4:00 p.m. Vance County has given up an average of 17 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Vance County is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 27th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They came up short against Carrboro, falling 15-2.
Vance County saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Javion Vines-Holder, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Louisburg). Everything went their way against J.F. Webb on Friday as Louisburg made off with a 15-2 victory. Louisburg has beaten J.F. Webb the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest J.F. Webb has come to flipping the script.
Jodus Leonard made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero). He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-4. He is becoming a predictor of Louisburg's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
In other batting news, John Lucas Anselmo and Mason Leonard did most of the damage at the plate: Anselmo scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Mason went 2-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run.
Louisburg always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .562. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Vance County's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Louisburg, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
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