The Tift County Blue Devils will square off against the Baker County Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Baker County will be up against a hot Tift County squad: the team just extended their winning streak to six. Tift County was the clear victors by a 10-3 margin over Schley County on Tuesday. The Blue Devils might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Baker County, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They blew past Hilliard 11-1 on Wednesday. That ten run margin sets a new team best for the Wildcats this season.
Blane Chauncey looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He also tossed no walks, which is notable because Baker County is 2-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 1-2 otherwise.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Hank Dyal, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. He also put up three RBI, which were his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Wesley Crockett, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Baker County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .407. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hilliard only posted a batting average of .143.
Tift County's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 5.8 runs. As for Baker County, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Tift County couldn't quite finish off Baker County in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 and fell 3-1. Can Tift County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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