Baseball Preview: Palestine Wildcats vs. Carthage Bulldogs
Palestine is 0-3 against Carthage since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Palestine Wildcats will look to defend their home field against the Carthage Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Palestine: 3.1, Carthage: 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Palestine will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Madisonville, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Palestine narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Madisonville 3-2.
Meanwhile, Carthage put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Friday. They blew past Center 11-1. The win was familiar territory for Carthage who now have six in a row.
Palestine is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season. As for Carthage, their victory bumped their record up to 19-8-2.
Palestine couldn't quite finish off Carthage when the teams last played back in April of 2022 and fell 8-6. Thankfully for Palestine, James Brewster (who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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