The Mount Juliet Golden Bears will take on the Creek Wood Red Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Creek Wood took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Mount Juliet, who comes in off a win.
Mount Juliet is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They came out on top against Dickson County by a score of 9-6 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Golden Bears.
Connor Clark was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Clark was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Mount Juliet got a big performance out of Kolton Tench, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Those runs marked the first that Tench scored this season. Another player making a difference was Ryan Fitzgerald, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Mount Juliet was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Creek Wood's offense. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (10-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, their shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Creek Wood saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Boone Harris, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base. Harris is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's snagged at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
Creek Wood's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs over those games. As for Mount Juliet, they now have a winning record of 2-1-1.
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