The Ballard Bruins will challenge the Oldham County Colonels at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Ballard is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Sayre, who was ranked fifth at the time (Ballard was ranked first). The two teams finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 tie on Tuesday. The Bruins' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Oldham County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-2 heartbreaker at the hands of Collins.
Oldham County saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Giles, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Ballard's tie gives them a new season record of 30-2-1. As for Oldham County, their loss dropped their record down to 11-16-1.
Everything went Ballard's way against Oldham County in their previous meeting back in April, as Ballard made off with a 7-1 victory. Will the Bruins repeat their success, or do the Colonels have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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