The Plant City Raiders will challenge the Prestonsburg Blackcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Plant City nor Prestonsburg posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
On Tuesday, Plant City came up short against Durant and fell 4-1. The Raiders have struggled against the Cougars recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost meeting.
Plant City got a good showing from Hunter Carbaugh, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Carbaugh has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
Meanwhile, Prestonsburg never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They skirted past Bradenton Christian 2-0.
Not much got past Brayden Tussey, who gave up just four hits to keep Bradenton Christian off the board.
On the hitting side, Prestonsburg's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Aaron Jarrell, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Those two hits gave Jarrell a new career-high. Barrett Hunter was another, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base.
Prestonsburg has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Plant City, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-10.
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