The Spotsylvania Knights will be playing at home against the Caroline Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Spotsylvania's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Caroline's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Spotsylvania will head into Thursday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 11) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Culpeper County and snuck past 3-1.
Josh Perez and Nolan Alford were a major factor while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Perez tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Alford struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. At the plate, Perez went 2-for-3 with a stolen base, while Alford went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nate Johnson, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Caroline unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of Freeman by a score of 6-5. Caroline has not had much luck with Freeman recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Spotsylvania's win bumped their record up to 11-3. As for Caroline, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-6.
Spotsylvania was able to grind out a solid victory over Caroline in their previous matchup on April 15th, winning 7-4. Does Spotsylvania have another victory up their sleeve, or will Caroline turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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