Baseball Preview: Red Boiling Springs Bulldogs vs. Macon County Tigers
Red Boiling Springs is 0-10 against Macon County since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Red Boiling Springs Bulldogs will look to defend their home field against the Macon County Tigers at 1:30 p.m. Red Boiling Springs is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, everything went Red Boiling Springs' way against Whites Creek as Red Boiling Springs made off with a 15-3 victory.
Joe Birdwell was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Macon County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of White House.
Hunter Patterson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on eight hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, Macon County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Woodard, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Red Boiling Springs' win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-15-1. As for Macon County, their loss dropped their record down to 14-11-1.
Red Boiling Springs suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Macon County in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Macon County's Eli Carver, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Now that Red Boiling Springs knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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