The Crab Orchard Trojans will head out on the road to challenge the Galatia/Thompsonville Bearcats at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Crab Orchard is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Last Tuesday, Crab Orchard didn't have quite enough to beat Norris City-Omaha-Enfield and fell 2-1.
Crab Orchard saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Cook, who went 1-for-1 with two stolen bases.
Meanwhile, Galatia/Thompsonville and Gallatin County finished up on equal footing with a 6-6 draw.
Crab Orchard's defeat dropped their record down to 5-7. With that tie, Galatia/Thompsonville's record moves to 6-4-2.
Crab Orchard couldn't quite finish off Galatia/Thompsonville in their previous matchup back in March and fell 6-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Galatia/Thompsonville's Eli Hankins, who struck out six batters over 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and only one walk). Now that Crab Orchard knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
