The Melrose Golden Wildcats will face off against the Munford Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Melrose has given up an average of 8.9 runs per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Melrose came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 13-5 to Kirby. The defeat continues a trend for the Golden Wildcats in their meetings with the Cougars: they've now lost five in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Munford). Everything went their way against Millington Central on Saturday as they made off with a 16-0 victory. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Cougars with their most commanding win of the season.
Drew McCann looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. What's more, he posted three strikeouts, the most he's had since back in March.
On the hitting side, Munford got a massive performance out of Curly Lowry, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases and three runs. Lowry has become a key player for the Cougars: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 11-14 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaxzen Scheidt, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs.
Munford always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .586. They are a perfect 8-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
With the win, Munford broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 16-14. As for Melrose, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.
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