Baseball Preview: Battle Spartans vs. Smith-Cotton Tigers
The Battle Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the Smith-Cotton Tigers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Battle is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Tuesday, Battle fell victim to a rough 11-1 defeat at the hands of Fulton.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Smith-Cotton had to settle for a 6-5 loss against Capital City on Wednesday. That's two games in a row now that Smith-Cotton has lost by just one run.
Smith-Cotton saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gavin Jackson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Battle's defeat dropped their record down to 4-13. As for Smith-Cotton, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Battle suffered a grim 12-5 defeat to Smith-Cotton in their previous matchup on April 3rd. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Smith-Cotton's Cooper Woolery, who tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Battle knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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