Baseball Recap: South Pittsburg Pirates vs. Grundy County Yellowjackets
South Pittsburg entered their tilt with Grundy County with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Grundy County Yellowjackets on Thursday and snuck past 4-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as South Pittsburg also won the last time the pair played back in March.
Luke Rector made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched seven innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits. Rector has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rector was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Zach Tierney was incredible, scoring a run while going 4-for-4.
South Pittsburg is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-9 record this season. As for Grundy County, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-13-1.
South Pittsburg didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 2-1 defeat vs. Hixson on the 19th. As for Grundy County, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Cascade at 6:30 p.m.
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