Fort Mill and Blythewood are an even 4-4-1 against one another since March of 2018, but likely not for long. The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Blythewood Bengals at 6:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Fort Mill sitting on nine straight victories and Blythewood on four.
Fort Mill can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 7-1 margin over Carolina Royals.
Rayce Buskirk and Andrew Craddock dominated on the mound. Buskirk tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit, while Craddock tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Buskirk has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Thomas Ealey and Braden Richardson did most of the damage at the plate: Ealey scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2, while Richardson scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Ealey is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Rogers, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Blythewood gave up the first runs last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Spring Valley 4-2.
The team relied heavily on Alex Myers, who went 1-for-2 with three stolen bases.
Fort Mill pushed their record up to 19-5 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Blythewood, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season.
Everything went Fort Mill's way against Blythewood when the teams last played back in March as Fort Mill made off with a 7-0 win. Does Fort Mill have another victory up their sleeve, or will Blythewood turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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