The Billingsley Bears will venture away from home to take on the Comer Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Billingsley has four straight victories, Comer has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Billingsley's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Breakthrough Charter 15-0. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by eight runs or more this season.
Breakthrough Charter's batters probably weren't too happy with Danny Boice, who pitched a no hitter and racked up nine Ks (he gave up zero walks).
At the plate, Mason Truesdale and Eli Manning did most of the damage at the plate: Truesdale scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Manning scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Kaden Cotton also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Billingsley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .625. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .393 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Comer lost 12-2 to Wadley on Wednesday.
Billingsley's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-3. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 11.5 runs. As for Comer, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
Billingsley took their victory against Comer when the teams last played on Saturday by a conclusive 11-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Billingsley since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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