Clay County is 2-8 against Nicholas County since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Panthers will venture away from home to face off against the Grizzlies at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Clay County will bounce into Wednesday's contest after beating South Harrison, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. The Panthers sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Hawks on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Meanwhile, Nicholas County never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 10-0 margin over Greenbrier West. Considering the Grizzlies have won eight games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Caleb Burns was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Nicholas County's success: when he posts at least three hits the team is 4-1 (and 9-10 when he doesn't).
In other batting news, Lucas Milam and Colton Burkhammer did most of the damage at the plate: Milam went 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI, while Burkhammer went a perfect 2-for-2 with two doubles and one RBI. Milam has become a key player for Nicholas County: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 3-11 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Jarvis, who went 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Nicholas County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .464. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Nicholas County's record is now 13-11. As for Clay County, the victory got them back to even at 9-9.
Clay County might still be hurting after the 13-1 loss they got from Nicholas County in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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