Southern Alamance will take on West Carteret on Friday. Southern Alamance's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so West Carteret's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Southern Alamance is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Scotland as they made off with a 9-2 win. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for West Carteret, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They came out on top against First Flight by a score of 6-1 on Tuesday.
Landon Quillen tossed a big game, striking out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Josh Johnson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Riley Jones, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one double.
West Carteret was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as First Flight only posted a batting average of .130.
West Carteret has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 14-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Southern Alamance, their record now sits at 17-6-1.
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