Softball Preview: Marked Tree Indians vs. East Poinsett County Warriors
Marked Tree is 0-10 against East Poinsett County since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Marked Tree Indians will be playing at home against the East Poinsett County Warriors at 4:00 p.m.
Marked Tree is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Pocahontas just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Monday. They fell 11-6 to the Redskins.
Meanwhile, East Poinsett County put the finishing touches on their 13th blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They never let Westside onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. East Poinsett County's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three matches.
Marked Tree's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-6. As for East Poinsett County, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season.
Marked Tree suffered a grim 16-0 defeat to East Poinsett County in their previous meeting back in April of 2022. Thankfully for Marked Tree, Keegan McCorkle (who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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