The Century Centurions will square off against the Pope County Pirates at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Century easily dispatched Carrier Mills-Stonefort on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Century fell just short of Goreville by a score of 10-8 on Monday. The Centurions have struggled against the Blackcats recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.
Bryce Windings was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances. Caden Crain was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run.
Even though they lost, Century lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Pope County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Massac County.
Pope County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gavin Taylor, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Pope County's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Century, they now have a losing record of 1-2.
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