The Kingstree Blazers will square off against the East Clarendon Wolverines at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Kingstree has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with 13 straight defeats, while East Clarendon will come in with six straight victories.
Kingstree fell victim to Manning and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They came up short against the Monarchs, falling 15-0.
South Florence typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday East Clarendon proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top against the Bruins by a score of 5-2. That's two games straight that the Wolverines have won by exactly three runs.
Blease Hardy spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Dawson Beard was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Kenley Sullivan also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
East Clarendon always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .543. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Florence only posted an OBP of .296.
East Clarendon's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-4. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Kingstree, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
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