The Pendleton County Wildcat will head out on the road to square off against the East Hardy Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pendleton County's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Moorefield. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Pendleton County.
Meanwhile, East Hardy came tearing into Wednesday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Mountain Lions with a sharp 14-0 victory. East Hardy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
EVAN HAMILTON was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. BRANDON JONES was another key contributor, going 1-for-1 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple.
Pendleton County has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-12 record this season. As for East Hardy, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-6.
Pendleton County suffered a grim 11-2 defeat to East Hardy in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Hardy's SHANE SISLER, who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Now that Pendleton County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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