South Adams is 7-2 against Eastbrook since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The South Adams Starfires will head out on the road to take on the Eastbrook Panthers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Wednesday, South Adams was able to grind out a solid victory over Woodlan, taking the game 5-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for South Adams.
The team relied heavily on Derek McKean, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Eastbrook had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over the Tigers. That's two games straight that Eastbrook has won by just one run.
Carter Daugherty was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. Ryder Gipson was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
The victory got South Adams back to even at 10-10. As for Eastbrook, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-13.
South Adams came out on top in a nail-biter against Eastbrook when the teams last played back in May of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Eastbrook's Eli Martin, who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be that much easier for South Adams to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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