Baseball Preview: Whitley County Colonels vs. Rockcastle County Rockets
Whitley County has been on the road for two straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Rockcastle County Rockets at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Whitley County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.
Whitley County's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Friday, when they got past Woodford County's usually-dominant pitching crew. Whitley County skirted past Woodford County 12-11.
Tyler Rose was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Rose has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rose was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-6.
In other batting news, Jason Nunley was excellent, scoring three runs while going 2-for-6. Bryce Anderson was another key contributor, going 3-for-5 with three RBI and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Rockcastle County's offense. They fell just short of Southwestern by a score of 1-0 on Monday. Rockcastle County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Rockcastle County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Phoenix Pitman, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Whitley County is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season. As for Rockcastle County, their loss dropped their record down to 7-21.
Whitley County took their victory against Rockcastle County when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 19-0. Will Whitley County repeat their success, or does Rockcastle County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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