The Chattahoochee Cougars will venture away from home to take on the Milton Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Chattahoochee has four straight wins, Milton has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Chattahoochee didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They had just enough and edged out Milton 8-6. That's two games straight that the Cougars have won by exactly two runs.
Chattahoochee got a great performance from Drew O'Neill as he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off seven hits. O'Neill has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.
Gavin Kirkman
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At the plate, the team relied heavily on Gavin Kirkman, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with four RBI and one double. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (three). Caden Morris also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Chattahoochee's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs over those games. As for Milton, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
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