Baseball Game Preview: Martin County Heads Out

By Team Reports Apr 28, 2024, 6:20am

Baseball Preview: Martin County Cardinals vs. Paintsville Tigers

Martin County is 1-9 against Paintsville since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Martin County Cardinals will head out on the road to face off against the Paintsville Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Martin County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.5 runs per game this season.

On Saturday, Martin County came up short against Fairview and fell 10-5. Martin County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Martin County saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Horn, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Eli Mills was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base.

Meanwhile, Paintsville fell victim to Pleasure Ridge Park and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They lost 10-0 to the Panthers. Considering the last time Paintsville couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.

Martin County's loss dropped their record down to 12-5. As for Paintsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-10.

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