Baseball Preview: South Pittsburg Pirates vs. Grundy County Yellowjackets
The South Pittsburg Pirates will head out on the road to face off against the Grundy County Yellowjackets at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. South Pittsburg will be strutting in after a win while Grundy County will be coming in after a loss.
In what's become a running theme this season, South Pittsburg gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Van Buren County as South Pittsburg made off with a 10-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for South Pittsburg.
Kamden Wellington made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Wellington has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Wellington was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, South Pittsburg got a massive performance out of Britton Case, who scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Luke Rector, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Grundy County fell victim to a tough 13-5 defeat at the hands of Whitwell on Monday. Grundy County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
South Pittsburg has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-9 record this season. As for Grundy County, their loss dropped their record down to 10-12-1.
South Pittsburg was able to grind out a solid victory over Grundy County in their previous meeting back in March, winning 7-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Pittsburg since the squad 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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