Baseball Preview: Zeigler-Royalton Tornadoes vs. Pope County Pirates
The Zeigler-Royalton Tornadoes will head out on the road to face off against the Pope County Pirates at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Zeigler-Royalton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Zeigler-Royalton finally turned things around against Vienna on Thursday. Zeigler-Royalton walked away with a 5-0 victory over Vienna.
Scout Hudgens made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. Hudgens has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Hudgens was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Hudgens wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Landen Butler, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Peyton Foster was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Pope County made easy work of Carrier Mills-Stonefort last Thursday and carried off a 9-1 win.
Zeigler-Royalton's record now sits at 20-4. As for Pope County, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-7-1 record this season.
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