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| 04/20/23 - Away | 10-7 W |
| 02/28/23 - Home | 5-2 W |
| 03/27/18 - Home | 8-7 W |
| 04/07/17 - Home | 0-4 L |
| 03/17/17 - Away | 0-12 L |
| 03/10/17 - Neutral | 2-12 L |
Junction City and Crossett are an even 3-3 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The Junction City Dragons will venture away from home to face off against the Crossett Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
Junction City fell victim to Taylor and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They came up short against the Tigers, falling 10-0. The Dragons have struggled against the Tigers recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meetings.
While Crossett didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Harmony Grove 8-7. Eight seems to be a good number for the Eagles as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Zoey Jones was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one stolen base. That triple marked the first that she hit this season. Another player making a difference was Parker Taylor, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
The win was the third in a row for Crossett, bringing their record for this year to 5-2. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for Junction City, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Junction City beat Crossett 10-7 when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Will Junction City repeat their success, or does Crossett have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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