The Cottondale Hornets will head out on the road to take on the Pensacola Catholic Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pensacola Catholic took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Cottondale, who comes in off a win.
On Wednesday, Cottondale made easy work of Carroll and carried off a 14-5 victory. The result was nothing new for the Hornets, who have now won ten contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Lane Johnson made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Cottondale is 4-2 when Johnson allows one or fewer earned runs, but 8-9 otherwise. Johnson was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances. What's more, he posted two RBI, the most he's had since back in March.
Wyatt Speers
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In other batting news, Cottondale got a massive performance out of Wyatt Speers, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances. Speers is becoming a predictor of the Hornets' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 9-11 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Justin Miller, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Pensacola Catholic came up short against Escambia on Tuesday and fell 5-2. The Crusaders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Pensacola Catholic saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colton Guillot, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases.
Cottondale now has a winning record of 12-11. As for Pensacola Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-10.
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