Baseball Preview: Locust Grove Wildcats vs. Carrollton Trojans
The Locust Grove Wildcats are on the road again on Thursday to play the Carrollton Trojans at 1:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, Locust Grove came up short against Oconee County and fell 8-4.
Meanwhile, Carrollton had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past the Lions 9-8.
Maddox Monsour was a standout: he scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Albertus, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-4.
Locust Grove's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-6. As for Carrollton, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-6.
Locust Grove skirted past Carrollton 7-5 in their previous meeting back in February of 2022. Does Locust Grove have another victory up their sleeve, or will Carrollton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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