Baseball Preview: Columbus East Olympians vs. Jennings County Panthers
Columbus East and Jennings County are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Columbus East Olympians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Jennings County Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Columbus East's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Jennings County has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Columbus East gave up the first runs last Saturday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Martinsville and snuck past 9-8.
Aj Tindell looked comfortable as he pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Columbus East got a big performance out of Jackson Watkins, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Bige Asher, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Jennings County didn't have quite enough to beat Seymour on Friday and fell 4-2.
Columbus East's win bumped their record up to 4-11. As for Jennings County, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
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