Watertown and Cannon County are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Watertown Purple Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Cannon County Lions at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Watertown's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Cannon County's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Watertown had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three last Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Owls with a sharp 10-0 victory. Considering Watertown has won five matchups by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, Cannon County was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 7-0 walloping at the hands of Summertown. The game marked that first time this year in which Cannon County was not able to get on the board.
Watertown has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-1 record this season. As for Cannon County, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-6.
Watertown came up short against Cannon County in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 7-3. Can Watertown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
