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| 05/31/23 - Home | 0-4 L |
| 06/02/22 - Away | 0-6 L |
| 03/14/22 - Home | 1-11 L |
| 03/14/19 - Away | 2-11 L |
| 03/15/18 - Home | 9-3 W |
| + 3 more games |
Colonial Heights and New Kent are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2016, but likely not for long. The Colonials will face off against the Trojans on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Colonial Heights 4, New Kent 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Colonial Heights is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Hopewell 7-1. Considering the Colonials have won seven matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, New Kent waltzed into their game on Friday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They came out on top against the Falcons by a score of 6-1.
New Kent got a great performance from Robert Matthew Gentry as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Gentry has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Tyler Warren and Grayson Hobson did most of the damage at the plate: Warren went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI, while Hobson went a perfect 3-for-3 with one double and one RBI. Those three hits gave Hobson a new career-high. Keegan Branch was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run.
New Kent pushed their record up to 20-2 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Colonial Heights, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-9.
Colonial Heights came up short against New Kent when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 4-0. Can the Colonials avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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