Parkersburg is 0-10 against St. Albans since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Parkersburg Big Reds will be playing at home against the St. Albans Red Dragons at 5:00 p.m. St. Albans took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Parkersburg, who comes in off a win.
On Wednesday, Parkersburg had just enough and edged Marietta out 5-3. That's two games straight that Parkersburg has won by exactly two runs.
Caden Parker was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Colin McCarter was another key contributor, going 4-for-4 with three RBI.
St. Albans might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 4-1 to Nitro, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. St. Albans has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
St. Albans saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brogan Samms, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Parkersburg's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-14. As for St. Albans, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-7.
Parkersburg might still be hurting after the 9-1 defeat they got from St. Albans when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Albans' Noah Reed, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Now that Parkersburg knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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