Itawamba Agricultural is 0-3 against South Pontotoc since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Itawamba Agricultural Indians will head out on the road to challenge the South Pontotoc Cougars at 6:30 p.m. Itawamba Agricultural is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
On Tuesday, Itawamba Agricultural was able to grind out a solid win over Amory, taking the game 5-1. Five seems to be a good number for Itawamba Agricultural as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Itawamba Agricultural's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Abri McAlexander, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1. The team also got some help courtesy of Kate Stevens, who scored two runs and stole two bases.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for South Pontotoc's offense. They fell 4-0 to New Hope on Friday. While getting shut out isn't ideal, South Pontotoc has not been shut out since back in February.
Itawamba Agricultural's victory bumped their record up to 17-1. As for South Pontotoc, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4.
Itawamba Agricultural suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to South Pontotoc when the teams last played back in March of 2021. Can Itawamba Agricultural avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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