The Salem Tigers will face off against the East Carter Redbirds at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Salem is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Cabool on Thursday as they made off with a 23-15 win. Considering the Tigers have won five contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Alaina Norris made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out 17 batters over seven innings while giving up nine earned (and six unearned) runs off 11 hits (and not a single walk). Norris was also big at the plate, going 3-for-5 with five RBI, one stolen base, and one run.
In other batting news, Raven Gillam was a standout: she scored three runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-6. Those four hits gave her a new career-high. Bailey Mahurin was another key player, getting on base in five of her six plate appearances with three runs, four RBI, and two doubles.
Salem was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .650. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .457 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, East Carter had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.6 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They blew past the Bears 16-2.
Salem has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 20.3 runs over those games. As for East Carter, their win was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
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