The Hopkinsville Tigers will square off against the Marshall County Marshals at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Hopkinsville 3.8, Marshall County 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Hopkinsville's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They were the clear victors by a 7-0 margin over Madisonville-North Hopkins. The victory continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Maroons: they've now won seven in a row.
Not much got past Gavin Mitchell, who gave up just three hits and racked up six Ks to keep Madisonville-North Hopkins off the board. Mitchell has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Hopkinsville's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jayden Kellum, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI. Another was Jackson Guier, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
Meanwhile, Marshall County fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Murray on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Marshals couldn't push the score so high this time.
Marshall County's loss dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Hopkinsville, they now have a winning record of 10-9.
Hopkinsville couldn't quite finish off Marshall County in their previous matchup last Monday and fell 3-1. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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