The Triton Hawks will square off against the Lee County Yellow Jackets at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lee County will be up against a hot Triton team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. Triton's pitcher stepped up to hand E.E. Smith a 10-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by ten runs or more this season.
Berkley Campbell and Kelsey Matthews did most of the damage at the plate: Campbell scored a run while going 3-for-3, while Matthews scored two runs while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Paisley Lucas, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Triton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .480. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Lee County can bid farewell to their seven-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Wednesday. They blew past Seaforth 13-7. Considering the Yellow Jackets' hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Triton's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Lee County, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
Triton took their win against Lee County when the teams last played back in March of 2020 by a conclusive 13-3. Does Triton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lee County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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