For the second straight game, West Hall will face off against Cherokee Bluff. The Spartans will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Bears at 5:00 p.m. West Hall has given up an average of 7 runs per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
West Hall is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Cherokee Bluff on Tuesday. They lost 11-1 to the Bears. The defeat continues a trend for the Spartans in their meetings with the Bears: they've now lost six in a row.
For Cherokee Bluff's part, they got a great performance from Gabe Gowder as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Gowder is becoming a predictor of the Bears' success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 7-1 (and 8-9 when he doesn't).
At the plate, Cherokee Bluff let Ethan England and Bryce Fontenot run wild. England fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3, while Fontenot fired off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-3. Fontenot also scored two runs, which is notable because Cherokee Bluff is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 8-10 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Bubba Coleman, who went 1-for-2 with one home run and two runs.
Cherokee Bluff always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .536. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Hall only posted an OBP of .381.
Cherokee Bluff's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-10. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for West Hall, their loss dropped their record down to 9-16.
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