Baseball Game Preview: Cottondale Hornets vs. Altha Wildcats

By Team Reports Apr 15, 2024, 4:59am

Baseball Preview: Cottondale Hornets vs. Altha Wildcats

Cottondale is 9-1 against Altha since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Cottondale Hornets have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Altha Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Cottondale is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.

Last Friday, Cottondale had just enough and edged Sneads out 3-2. The victory was just what Cottondale needed coming off of an 8-1 loss in their prior contest.

The team relied heavily on Cole Reagan, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, Altha pushed their score all the way to ten on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 14-10 to Malone. Altha has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Cottondale's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-5. As for Altha, they now have a losing record at 7-8.

Everything went Cottondale's way against Altha in their previous matchup two weeks ago as Cottondale made off with a 12-2 victory. Does Cottondale have another victory up their sleeve, or will Altha turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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