Baseball Preview: Rockdale County Bulldogs vs. McDonough Warhawks
The Rockdale County Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the McDonough Warhawks at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. Rockdale County is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 10.1 runs per game this season.
Rockdale County had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Mustangs and snuck past 4-3.
The team relied heavily on Caleb Ellison, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI.
Meanwhile, McDonough suffered a rough 16-1 defeat at the hands of Pace Academy on Wednesday. McDonough has not had much luck with Pace Academy recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Rockdale County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for McDonough, their loss dropped their record down to 6-12.
Everything went Rockdale County's way against McDonough in their previous meeting back in February of 2021 as Rockdale County made off with an 8-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rockdale County since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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