The Prestonsburg Blackcats are headed away from home for the first time to take on the South Laurel Cardinals at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Prestonsburg is leaving town to face South Laurel after disappointing their home crowd in their season opener. Prestonsburg fell 4-1 to Perry County Central on Monday. The Blackcats have struggled against the Commodores recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meetings.
Prestonsburg saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Tussey, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one double.
Meanwhile, South Laurel got the win against Harlan on Tuesday by a conclusive 10-2.
Jacob Culler looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Austin Byrd, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Reece Noble, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
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