The Wayne County Cardinals will venture away from home to square off against the Somerset Briar Jumpers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither Wayne County nor Somerset posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Wayne County is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Boyle County just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 5-2 to the Rebels.
Meanwhile, Somerset was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They came up short against Corbin, falling 7-1. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Somerset saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kole Grundy, who went 2-for-3 with one home run. Grundy is becoming a predictor of the Briar Jumpers' success: when he posts at least one home run the team is 2-1 (and 9-17 when he doesn't).
Somerset's defeat dropped their record down to 11-18. As for Wayne County, their loss dropped their record down to 12-10.
Wayne County came out on top in a nail-biter against Somerset in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 4-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cardinals 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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