Baseball Preview: South Pontotoc Cougars vs. East Union Urchins
The South Pontotoc Cougars will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the East Union Urchins at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
South Pontotoc entered their tilt with Byhalia with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They beat the Indians on Thursday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 15-0.
Meanwhile, East Union got themselves on the board against Walnut on Friday, but Walnut never followed suit. They put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 10-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for East Union.
The result came thanks to Ben Basil's shutout, as he gave up just four hits and racked up ten Ks.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Landon Harmon, who fired off two home runs, three runs, and three RBI while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Clayton Russell, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
South Pontotoc has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for East Union, their victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-3.
South Pontotoc came up short against East Union when the teams last played back in April of 2016, falling 7-2. Thankfully for South Pontotoc, Joel Wilkinson (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over six innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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