Baseball Game Preview: Murray County Indians vs. Union County Panthers

The Murray County Indians will face off against the Union County Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Last Tuesday, Murray County didn't have quite enough to beat Sonoraville and fell 3-1. The Indians have struggled against the Phoenix recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Union County). They never let Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe get on the board and left with a 15-0 victory on Tuesday. With that win, the Panthers brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.

Union County got a massive performance out of Maddox Patton, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Patton has become a key player for the Panthers: the team is 6-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 4-8 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Bentley Rich, who went 1-for-2 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.

Union County is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for Murray County, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-17.