For the second straight game, Curry will face off against Haleyville. The Yellowjackets will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Lions at 4:30 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Curry has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Haleyville will arrive with 17 straight victories.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last five times Curry and Haleyville have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Tuesday. The Yellowjackets lost 12-2 to the Lions.
For Haleyville's part, Jadyn Marbutt and Eli Cagle made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Marbutt tossed three innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Meanwhile, Cagle struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in February. At the plate, Marbutt scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Cagle scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Cooper McNutt, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Carson Gilbert, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Haleyville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Curry only posted a batting average of .217.
Haleyville pushed their record up to 20-6 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Curry, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-13.
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