Baseball Game Preview: Taylor County on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 3:20am

Baseball Preview: Taylor County Cardinals vs. Larue County Hawks

The Taylor County Cardinals will be playing in front of their home fans against the Larue County Hawks at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Taylor County's favor as the squad sits on 11 straight wins at home while Larue County has been banged up by six consecutive losses on the road.

Last Saturday, Taylor County came out on top against Breckinridge County by a score of 5-4 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).

Ryan Grubbs tossed a big game, tossing 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits.

On the hitting side, Taylor County got a massive performance out of Hayden Jones, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and two doubles. Hunter Vaughn was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.

Larue County lost 12-1 to Campbellsville on Monday.

Taylor County's victory bumped their record up to 16-2-1. As for Larue County, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-16.

Taylor County was able to grind out a solid win over Larue County in their previous matchup back in April, winning 5-2. Will Taylor County repeat their success, or does Larue County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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