Castlewood is 0-7 against Eastside since April of 2022 but things could change on Tuesday. The Blue Devils will square off against the Spartans at 5:00 p.m.
Castlewood is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 20 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Twin Springs on Friday. They came up short against the Titans, falling 7-1.
Meanwhile, Eastside strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 victory over Rye Cove. That's two games straight that the Spartans have won by exactly two runs.
Braelyn Hall made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI.
Hall wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Emma Sartin, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double.
Eastside pushed their record up to 11-0 with the win, which was their 16th straight on the road dating back to last season. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Castlewood, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Castlewood suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to Eastside in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Can the Blue Devils avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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