The Licking Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the St. James Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Licking has five straight wins, St. James has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Licking stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They put the hurt on Hartville with a sharp 11-0 victory.
Meanwhile, St. James fell victim to a tough 9-3 loss at the hands of St. Clair on Thursday.
St. James saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was James Perkins, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Drake Plummer, who went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Even though they lost, St. James didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their tenth loss (out of 12 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Licking's win bumped their record up to 17-3. As for St. James, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14.
Licking took their victory against St. James in their previous matchup back in March of 2022 by a conclusive 17-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Licking since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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