Baseball Preview: Powell County Pirates vs. Rowan County Vikings
Powell County is 0-7 against Rowan County since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Powell County Pirates will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rowan County Vikings at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Powell County unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 8-3 to Garrard County.
Powell County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Carter, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, after a string of 13 wins, Rowan County's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Bandys by a score of 13-11. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Aaron Pennington was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Caleb Cooper was another key contributor, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base.
Powell County's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4. As for Rowan County, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 13-1.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Powell County has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.8 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Rowan County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.4. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Powell County suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Rowan County in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rowan County's Hayden Mains, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Now that Powell County 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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