Baseball Recap: Barren County picks up eighth straight win at home

By Team Reports Apr 27, 2024, 9:38pm

Baseball Recap: Barren County Trojans vs. Campbellsville Eagles

Barren County came tearing into Friday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Campbellsville Eagles by a score of 9-5. This was payback for Barren County, who suffered a 4-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Colton Wilson looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched.

At the plate, Barren County got a big performance out of Axel Dysholm, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Sutton Hyde, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

On Campbellsville's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Deondre Weathers, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.

Barren County pushed their record up to 15-10 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Campbellsville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-7.

Barren County will play host again on Saturday to welcome Owensboro, where first pitch is scheduled at 1:00 p.m. Barren County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season. As for Campbellsville, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Boyle County at 6:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Boyle County: 3.9, Campbellsville: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.

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