Baseball Preview: Carrollton Trojans vs. Locust Grove Wildcats
The Carrollton Trojans will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Locust Grove Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. Carrollton is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
Last Friday, Carrollton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 9-8 victory over Westlake.
Maddox Monsour was a standout: he scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Albertus, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Locust Grove unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took an 8-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Oconee County.
Carrollton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Locust Grove, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-6.
Carrollton couldn't quite finish off Locust Grove in their previous meeting back in February of 2022 and fell 7-5. Can Carrollton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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