Baseball Preview: Union County Patriots vs. Carter Green Hornets
The Union County Patriots will head out on the road to challenge the Carter Green Hornets at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Carter took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Union County, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Union County finally turned things around against Grainger on Wednesday. Everything went Union County's way against Grainger as Union County made off with a 10-3 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Union County considering their two-run performance the game before.
Union County got a great performance from Parker Hodge as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Trot Russell was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3. Kaden Stinnett was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Carter was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. Their rough 10-2 loss to Northview Academy might stick with them for a while.
Carter saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jude Dixon, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Union County's victory bumped their record up to 11-14. As for Carter, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-11.
Union County came up short against Carter when the teams last played back in April of 2021, falling 7-3. Thankfully for Union County, Colby Reynolds (who struck out eight batters over 3.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk)) 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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