Baseball Preview: Rockcastle County Rockets vs. Whitley County Colonels
Rockcastle County and Whitley County are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Rockcastle County Rockets will head out on the road to face off against the Whitley County Colonels at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Rockcastle County's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Southwestern on Monday. They fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 1-0. Rockcastle County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Rockcastle County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Phoenix Pitman, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, Whitley County waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 12-11 win over the Yellowjackets. Whitley County's victory was all the more impressive since Woodford County was averaging only 3.38 runs allowed on the season.
Tyler Rose was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Rose has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rose was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-6.
In other batting news, Jason Nunley was excellent, scoring three runs while going 2-for-6. Bryce Anderson was another key contributor, going 3-for-5 with three RBI and a stolen base.
Rockcastle County's loss dropped their record down to 7-21. As for Whitley County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season.
Rockcastle County might still be hurting after the 19-0 defeat they got from Whitley County when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Whitley County's Bradyn Bargo, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched. Now that Rockcastle County 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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