Baseball Recap: McIntosh Chiefs vs. Cartersville Hurricanes
It was a good run, but McIntosh unfortunately witnessed the end of their ten-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Cartersville Hurricanes by a score of 2-1.
John Peters was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 5.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, McIntosh saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Fralick, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. Fralick has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
McIntosh's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-6. As for Cartersville, their win was their 29th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 18-3.
McIntosh will take on Northside at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northside knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy run totals in its past three games -- so hopefully McIntosh likes a good challenge. As for Cartersville, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 2-1 defeat vs. Houston County on the 4th.
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