Baseball Recap: Woodford County falls despite strong effort from Collin Kemp

By Team Reports May 6, 2024, 6:27am

Baseball Recap: Woodford County Yellowjackets vs. West Jessamine Colts

On Saturday, Woodford County faced West Jessamine in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Woodford County Yellowjackets fell just short of the West Jessamine Colts by a score of 2-1. Woodford County has not had much luck with West Jessamine recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Collin Kemp made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 3-for-4.

On West Jessamine's side, their victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Peters, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Woodford County's defeat dropped their record down to 17-7. As for West Jessamine, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Woodford County will square off against Franklin County at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Woodford County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season. As for West Jessamine, they will head out on the road to face off against Mercer County at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.

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