Roanoke Rapids has won four straight games at home, while Bunn has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The Roanoke Rapids Yellowjackets will welcome the Bunn Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Roanoke Rapids 2, Bunn 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Roanoke Rapids is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Central Virginia Homeschool Athletic Association just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 5-2 to the Patriots.
Roanoke Rapids saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lydia Carroll, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1. Makenna Whitley was another, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Bunn never got on the board in their matchup on Thursday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Nash Central on Tuesday. They blew past the Bulldogs 17-2. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by nine runs or more this season.
Emily Baez looked comfortable as she tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Peyton Alford and Payton Wood did most of the damage at the plate: Alford fired off two home runs and seven RBI while going 2-for-2, while Wood went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. The dominant performance gave Alford a new career-high in RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Maycey Buchanan, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3.
Bunn's win bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Roanoke Rapids, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.
Roanoke Rapids was able to grind out a solid victory over Bunn in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, winning 9-4. Will Roanoke Rapids repeat their success, or does Bunn have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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