For the second straight game, Carroll County will face off against Eminence. The Panthers will be playing at home against the Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Carroll County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Carroll County fell victim to Eminence and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors. The match marked the first time this season in which the Panthers were not able to get on the board.
For Eminence's part, not much got past Tanner Simpson, who gave up just six hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Carroll County off the board. Simpson is becoming a predictor of the Warriors' success: when he posts at least eight strikeouts the team is 3-1 (and 6-7 when he doesn't).
On the hitting side, Eminence saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Craft Johnson, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
Eminence has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. As for Carroll County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-7.
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