Baseball Preview: Scott County Cardinals vs. Tates Creek Commodores
The Scott County Cardinals will head out on the road to face off against the Tates Creek Commodores at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Scott County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Scott County is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Madison Central, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Scott County was ranked 20th). Scott County never let Madison Central onto the board and left with a 6-0 win on Thursday. The result was nothing new for Scott County, who have now won 11 games by six runs or more so far this season.
Not much got past Tyler Robinson, who gave up just three hits and racked up six Ks to keep Madison Central off the board. Robinson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Shawn Rowe was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Tates Creek waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They won by a run and slipped past the Redhounds 7-6.
Blake Jones looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Finley Insko, who went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Moore, who went 2-for-5 with two RBI.
Scott County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Tates Creek, their record is now 11-13.
Scott County might still be hurting after the 10-4 loss they got from Tates Creek in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can Scott County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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