The Pulaski County Maroons will face off against the Southwestern Warriors at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither Pulaski County nor Southwestern posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Pulaski County's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Somerset 2-0. The Maroons haven't had any issues with the Briar Jumpers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Southwestern came up short against Somerset on Thursday and fell 5-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Warriors in their meetings with the Briar Jumpers: they've now lost three in a row.
Southwestern saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Couch, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one stolen base. Couch is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last four games he's played.
Southwestern now has a losing record of 9-10. As for Pulaski County, their victory bumped their record up to 11-5.
Everything went Pulaski County's way against Southwestern when the teams last played back in March, as Pulaski County made off with a 7-1 win. Do the Maroons have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Warriors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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