After two games on the road, Buckhannon-Upshur is heading back home. They will take on the Greenbrier East Spartans at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Buckhannon-Upshur beats Greenbrier East with ten runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Buckhannon-Upshur walked away with a 10-7 victory over Lincoln on Wednesday. That's two games straight that Buckhannon-Upshur has won by exactly three runs.
Kailey Hart and Reagan Mason did most of the damage at the plate: Hart fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 3-for-5, while Mason went 4-for-5 with a home run, three doubles, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Spratt, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Greenbrier East faced Bluefield in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Greenbrier East's pitcher stepped up to hand Bluefield a 7-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Greenbrier East, who have now won six contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
The team relied heavily on Alanis McClary, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Taylor Boswell, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Buckhannon-Upshur's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-10. As for Greenbrier East, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
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