Perry Central won the last time they faced Henryville, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Perry Central Commodores narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Henryville Hornets 6-4.
For Henryville's part, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Winters, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Even though they lost, Henryville didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their ninth loss (out of 11 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Perry Central's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-9. As for Henryville, their loss was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-13.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Perry Central will take on West Washington at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The last four games Perry Central has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Henryville, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Providence at 5:00 p.m. Providence is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
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