McCreary Central is 0-10 against Southwestern since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The McCreary Central Raiders will be staying on the road to face off against the Southwestern Warriors at 8:00 p.m. McCreary Central will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
McCreary Central is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Monday, just like they did against Williamsburg (and have done all season long). McCreary Central never let Williamsburg onto the board and left with a 16-0 win on Tuesday.
Kase Spradlin looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, McCreary Central got a massive performance out of Benjamin Irvin, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Shook, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Southwestern lost 12-2 to South Laurel on Thursday. Southwestern has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Southwestern saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Couch, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
McCreary Central's victory bumped their record up to 23-7. As for Southwestern, their loss dropped their record down to 12-21.
McCreary Central suffered a grim 10-2 defeat to Southwestern in their previous meeting on May 1st. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southwestern's Wyatt Morgan, who pitched six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that McCreary Central 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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