The Wayne County Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Hardin County Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Wayne County will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Wayne County is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Hughes with a sharp 20-0 victory on Tuesday. With that win, the Wildcats brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Graeme Polk was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. Those stolen bases marked the first that he snagged this season.
Brady Stooksberry
| 04/15/25 vs Hughes | 2 |
| 04/08/25 @ Perry County | 2 |
| 03/18/25 vs Hollow Rock-Bruceton Central | 2 |
| 04/14/25 @ Hughes | 1 |
| 04/08/25 @ Perry County | 1 |
| + 3 more games |
In other batting news, Brady Stooksberry was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. Wayne County is undefeated when Stooksberry posts two or more runs, but 3-6 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Logan Davis, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Wayne County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .517. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .389 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Hardin County duked it out with McNairy Central on Tuesday. The Tigers fell just short of the Bobcats by a score of 5-4. That makes it the first time this season the Tigers have let down their home crowd.
The victory got Wayne County back to even at 6-6. As for Hardin County, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-4.
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