The Bullitt Central Cougars are taking a road trip to challenge the Elizabethtown Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Bullitt Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
Male hit Bullitt Central with a six-run seventh inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Cougars fell 7-3 to the Bulldogs.
Collin Waltrip was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Bullitt Central saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Halbrook, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Elizabethtown had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Tuesday. They never let the Eagles get on the board and left with a 5-0 victory.
Elizabethtown's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-7. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Bullitt Central, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost four of their last five matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 14-12 record this season.
Bullitt Central suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Elizabethtown in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can the Cougars avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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