Baseball Preview: Blountstown Tigers vs. Munroe Bobcats
The Blountstown Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Munroe Bobcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Blountstown will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.
Blountstown's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Jefferson County 15-0.
Tristan King and Cole Watson made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, King struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Meanwhile, Watson pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, King went 2-for-2 with a triple, a stolen base, and an RBI, while Watson scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Jaxon Williams was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Munroe suffered a rough 12-2 defeat at the hands of St. John Paul II on Wednesday. Munroe has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Blountstown has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-14 record this season. As for Munroe, their loss dropped their record down to 3-18-1.
Blountstown was able to grind out a solid win over Munroe in their previous matchup back in April of 2015, winning 6-2. Will Blountstown repeat their success, or does Munroe have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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