Marbury waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They had just enough and edged the Elmore County Panthers out 6-5. This was payback for Marbury, who suffered a 10-0 defeat the last time these two teams met.
For Elmore County's part, Cade Everson and Austin Davis did some serious damage despite the final result: Everson scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4, while Davis scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Carson Saucier, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with an RBI.
Marbury has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Elmore County, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-4.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Marbury beat Elmore County by a score of 10-0 later that day.
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