The Patrick Henry Patriots will venture away from home to take on the Atlee Raiders at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Patrick Henry has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Atlee will come in with four straight wins.
Varina hit Patrick Henry with a four-run seventh inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Patriots fell just short of the Blue Devils by a score of 5-4.
Meanwhile, Atlee put their dominant pitchers on display in the team's third consecutive shutout on Monday. They never let Highland Springs get on the board and left with a 7-0 victory. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six runs or more this season.
Atlee pushed their record up to 10-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Patrick Henry, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
Patrick Henry might still be hurting after the 12-0 defeat they got from Atlee when the teams last played on Wednesday. Can the Patriots avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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