The Putnam County War Eagles will venture away from home to square off against the Locust Grove Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Putnam County took a loss when they played away from home last Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on McNair with a sharp 19-4 win. The War Eagles not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since March 14th.
Branan Griffin
| 04/15/25 vs McNair | 4 |
| 03/14/25 @ Towers | 3 |
| 02/14/25 @ Eagle's Landing | 3 |
| 04/09/25 @ Jasper County | 1 |
| 03/21/25 @ Social Circle | 1 |
| + 1 more games |
The team relied heavily on Branan Griffin, who scored four runs while going 2-for-3. He has become a key player for Putnam County: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 5-16 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Tanner Lukens, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and one run.
Putnam County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .676. The last time their OBP was this high was back in March.
Meanwhile, Locust Grove had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 16-6 margin over the Tigers. Considering the Wildcats have won 16 matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Putnam County's victory bumped their record up to 8-16. As for Locust Grove, their win bumped their record up to 17-9.
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