The Marshall County Marshals will head out on the road to square off against the Benton Rangers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Marshall County is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Marshall County will head into Thursday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Tuesday (they won by ten) but last Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Murray out 6-4.
Thomas Bagby looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Alex Staples was excellent, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
Benton lost 7-1 to Carterville on Friday. Benton has not had much luck with Carterville recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Benton saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trey Severin, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Marshall County's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-14. As for Benton, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-19.
Marshall County came up short against Benton when the teams last played back in March, falling 8-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Benton's Collin Hill, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk). Now that Marshall County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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