The Buffalo Bison will face off against the Greenbrier East Spartans at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Greenbrier East will face off against a team with plenty of momentum: Buffalo extended their winning streak to five on Wednesday. The Bison were the clear victors by a 19-12 margin over Nitro. While the Bison didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, Greenbrier East won against Oak Hill on Saturday with 14 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Spartans beat Bluefield by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 14-6. The victory continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Beavers: they've now won three in a row.
Reagan Cline and Haylee Heaster did most of the damage at the plate: Cline scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances, while Heaster went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI. Those three stolen bases gave Cline a new career-high. Liz Wooding was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-1.
Greenbrier East always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .697. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive games.
Buffalo pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they've averaged 11.0 runs this season. As for Greenbrier East, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
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