The Winchester Community Golden Falcons will head out on the road to square off against the Delta Eagles at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Winchester Community sitting on nine straight victories and Delta on seven.
Last Wednesday, Winchester Community earned a 10-7 win over Monroe Central. With that victory, Winchester Community brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Dravin Whitehead was a standout: he scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Tre Weist, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Delta never let their opponents score on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-0 win over Pendleton Heights.
The result came thanks to Myles Enos's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up ten Ks. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, Delta saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Everrett Linn, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Winchester Community has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Delta, they pushed their record up to 15-8 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Saturday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Winchester Community has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Delta struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Winchester Community suffered a grim 23-9 defeat to Delta in their previous meeting back in April of 2016. Can Winchester Community avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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