The Locust Grove Wildcats will challenge the Putnam County War Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Locust Grove's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while Putnam County has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
It was a proper cat-fight when Locust Grove duked it out with Stockbridge on Wednesday. The Wildcats blew past the Tigers 16-6. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 16 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Putnam County not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since March 14th. They put the hurt on McNair with a sharp 19-4 win.
The team relied heavily on Branan Griffin, who scored four runs while going 2-for-3. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Wyatt Sims, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI.
Putnam County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .676. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as McNair only posted an OBP of .444.
Locust Grove is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Putnam County, their win bumped their record up to 8-16.
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