The West Florence Knights will venture away from home to challenge the Blythewood Bengals at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as West Florence comes in on four and Blythewood on 12.
West Florence hadn't beaten Sumter on the road since April 15, 2016 but that history sure didn't bother them on Thursday. West Florence's pitcher stepped up to hand Sumter a 1-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Knights have won by just one run.
Not much got past Matthew Brown, who gave up just four hits to keep Sumter off the board. Brown has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances.
Meanwhile, Blythewood made easy work of White Knoll on Friday and carried off a 9-3 win. The Bengals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by six runs or more this season.
Chase Rollings looked comfortable as he tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. What's more, he gave up only zero walks, the fewest he's had since back in March of 2024.
On the hitting side, Blythewood let Alex Myers and Sammy Franklin run wild. Myers scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Franklin scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Myers a new career-high in RBI (three). Porter Rummel also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Blythewood kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as White Knoll only managed eight hits.
Blythewood pushed their record up to 12-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.7 runs over those games. As for West Florence, their record is now 12-1.
West Florence suffered a grim 15-1 defeat to Blythewood when the teams last played back in March of 2021. Can West Florence avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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