Tucker County is 1-9 against East Hardy since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Tucker County Mountain Lions will head out on the road to face off against the East Hardy Cougars at 6:00 p.m.
On Wednesday, neither Tucker County nor Tygarts Valley could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 4-4 tie.
Southern typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday East Hardy proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged the Rams out 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for East Hardy.
MASON HAMILTON made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. HAMILTON was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
HAMILTON wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was J.W. TEETS, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Tucker County's tie gives them a new season record of 1-11-1. As for East Hardy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
Tucker County might still be hurting after the 13-1 defeat they got from East Hardy in their previous meeting last Tuesday. Can Tucker County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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