The Marshall County Tigers are taking a road trip to challenge the Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Marshall County is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
It was a proper cat-fight when Marshall County duked it out with Tullahoma on Wednesday. The Tigers took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats.
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Reid Mitchell made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more RBI the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Cahlin Henry, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run.
Meanwhile, Shelbyville Central made easy work of Franklin County on Thursday and carried off an 8-2 victory. The Golden Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 games by six runs or more this season.
Palmer Edwards made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Edwards was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted over his last ten contests.
In other batting news, William Bobo was excellent, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run, one double, and one RBI. Stephen Bobo was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs.
Shelbyville Central always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .514. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Franklin County only posted an OBP of .207.
Shelbyville Central is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 17 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 24-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Marshall County, their loss dropped their record down to 8-18.
Marshall County suffered a grim 17-4 defeat to Shelbyville Central when the teams last played back in March. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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