Baseball Preview: McCreary Central Raiders vs. Allen County-Scottsville Patriots
The McCreary Central Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Allen County-Scottsville Patriots at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. McCreary Central is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road.
McCreary Central will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Thursday (they won by 18) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over Bell County.
Kase Spradlin looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, McCreary Central saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Gabbard, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Allen County-Scottsville was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell just short of Hart County by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that Allen County-Scottsville has lost by just one run.
McCreary Central has been performing well recently as they've won 16 of their last 19 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Allen County-Scottsville, their loss dropped their record down to 4-19.
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