The Sparta Bulldogs will be playing at home against the New Athens Yellow Jackets at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Sparta: 3.7, New Athens: 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Sparta's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against DuQuoin on Tuesday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Indians. Sparta has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, New Athens entered their tilt with Red Bud with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Musketeers a 4-0 shutout on Thursday.
New Athens saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wil Mulholland, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Sparta's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-10. As for New Athens, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-12 record this season.
Sparta came out on top in a nail-biter against New Athens when the teams last played back in March, sneaking past 6-4. Does Sparta have another victory up their sleeve, or will New Athens turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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