East Wake is 1-9 against South Johnston since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Warriors will venture away from home to take on the Trojans at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
East Wake not only won on Thursday, but they posted their biggest win since March 4th (when they won 18-1). They never let Franklinton get on the board and left with a 17-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Warriors considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Meanwhile, South Johnston won against North Johnston last Tuesday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Trojans put the hurt on Smithfield-Selma with a sharp 7-0 victory. The Trojans haven't had any issues with the Spartans recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
South Johnston pushed their record up to 14-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for East Wake, with the victory, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 7-13.
East Wake couldn't quite finish off South Johnston in their previous matchup back in March and fell 4-2. Can the Warriors avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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