Bath County is 0-8 against Eastern Montgomery since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Bath County Chargers will look to defend their home field against the Eastern Montgomery Mustangs at 12:00 p.m.
Bath County is is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 13-1 to Parry McCluer.
Meanwhile, Eastern Montgomery came tearing into Thursday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Rams 13-12.
Marshall Tate was a standout: he went 4-for-4 with five RBI, a run, and a double. Another player making a difference was Caleb Jones, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Bath County's loss dropped their record down to 0-10-1. As for Eastern Montgomery, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Bath County came up short against Eastern Montgomery in their previous matchup back in April, falling 13-8. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastern Montgomery's Coltin Conner, who struck out six batters over 3.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). Now that Bath County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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