Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine are on the road again on Friday to play the Robinson Maroons at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Marshall on Thursday. They lost 10-0 to the Lions. Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine has not had much luck with Marshall recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, Robinson was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 5-2 to Mt. Carmel.
Robinson saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Judson Pinkston, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine's loss dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Robinson, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-10.
Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine suffered a grim 14-1 defeat to Robinson in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Robinson's Graysen Brown, who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Oblong/Hutsonville/Palestine 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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