Baseball Game Preview: Lee County Trojans vs. Veterans Warhawks

The Lee County Trojans will head out to take on the Veterans Warhawks at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lee County has four straight wins, Veterans has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Lee County is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Northside with a sharp 21-0 victory on Friday. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by six runs or more this season.

Cole Lindsey

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/14/25 @ Northside	3
02/24/25 vs Bainbridge	2
02/17/25 vs Lowndes	2
03/07/25 vs Coffee	1

Cole Lindsey made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three). He was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

In other batting news, Lee County let Seth Franklin and Weston Bryan run wild. Franklin scored a run while going 3-for-3, while Bryan scored two runs while going 2-for-2. That's the most runs Bryan has posted over his last nine games. Another player making a difference was Graysen Spears, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Lee County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .707. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Veterans fell victim to Houston County and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bears.

Lee County's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-4. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Veterans, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.

Lee County skirted past Veterans 7-5 when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Will Lee County repeat their success, or does Veterans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.