Baseball Preview: Edwards Tigers vs. Yazoo County Panthers
Edwards is 0-10 against Yazoo County since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Edwards Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Yazoo County Panthers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Thursday, Edwards fell victim to a tough 17-2 loss at the hands of Winona. Edwards has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Yazoo County pushed their score all the way to ten on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 15-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Vicksburg.
Graelan Shaffer made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored three runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jordan Jaco, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Yazoo County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Vicksburg only tossed four.
Edwards' record is now 1-3. As for Yazoo County, their record is now 12-7.
Edwards might still be hurting after the 18-1 defeat they got from Yazoo County in their previous matchup on Wednesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Yazoo County's Josh Snow, who struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Edwards 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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