East Wilkes is 8-2 against Alleghany since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The East Wilkes Cardinals will be playing at home against the Alleghany Trojans at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, it was a hard-fought match, but East Wilkes had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Starmount. East Wilkes has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Seth Lambert was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Alleghany was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 10-1 to Mount Airy.
Alleghany saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mack LeMasters, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Alleghany didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. This was only their 11th loss (out of 15 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
East Wilkes' loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-8. As for Alleghany, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-15.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. East Wilkes has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Alleghany struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Everything went East Wilkes' way against Alleghany when the teams last played on April 5th as East Wilkes made off with a 10-0 victory. Does East Wilkes have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alleghany turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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