Baseball Preview: Hopkins County Central Storm vs. Madisonville-North Hopkins Maroons
Hopkins County Central is 1-9 against Madisonville-North Hopkins since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Hopkins County Central Storm will look to defend their home field against the Madisonville-North Hopkins Maroons at 5:30 p.m. Madisonville-North Hopkins took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Hopkins County Central, who comes in off a win.
On Tuesday, Hopkins County Central sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-6 win over Fort Campbell.
Hopkins County Central's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brody Smith, who went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Maxwell Clarke, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Madisonville-North Hopkins came up short against Hopkinsville on Monday and fell 9-4. Madisonville-North Hopkins has struggled against Hopkinsville recently, as their match on Monday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Briar Gossett made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double. Another player making a difference was Tomas Olvera, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Hopkins County Central has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-7 record this season. As for Madisonville-North Hopkins, their loss dropped their record down to 9-12.
Hopkins County Central might still be hurting after the 12-2 defeat they got from Madisonville-North Hopkins in their previous meeting on April 8th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Madisonville-North Hopkins' Brantley Harris, who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that Hopkins County Central 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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