The Perryville Mustangs will head out to square off against the Mayflower Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Perryville 2.3, Mayflower 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Tuesday, Perryville came up short against Baptist Prep and fell 8-3. The Mustangs have struggled against the Eagles recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Perryville saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kharma Goodman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Mayflower entered their tilt with Dover on Tuesday with seven consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with eight. They put the hurt on the Pirates with a sharp 17-4 victory. Considering the Eagles have won eight matches by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Mayflower's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-6. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.7 runs over those games. As for Perryville, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-3.
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