The McNairy Central Bobcats will take on the Chester County Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. McNairy Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
McNairy Central had been on a three-game streak of scoring at least ten runs, but Lexington put an end to it on Thursday. The Bobcats lost 10-2 to the Tigers. The defeat continues a trend for the Bobcats in their meetings with the Tigers: they've now lost five in a row.
Bailee Shelton was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Callie Finlayson, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chester County). Their pitchers stepped up to hand Jackson North Side a 23-0 shutout on Thursday. The Eagles have beaten the Indians the last five times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Indians has come to flipping the script.
The win got Chester County back to even at 5-5. As for McNairy Central, their loss dropped their record down to 13-7.
Everything went McNairy Central's way against Chester County when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as McNairy Central made off with a 7-1 victory. Do the Bobcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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