The East Laurens Falcons are taking a road trip to challenge the Jefferson County Warriors at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Laurens has four straight wins, Jefferson County has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
East Laurens' pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Metter.
Meanwhile, Jefferson County lost 11-1 to Central on Thursday.
Jefferson County saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nakiyah Ramos, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Jefferson County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
East Laurens pushed their record up to 9-2 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Jefferson County, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything went East Laurens' way against Jefferson County when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as East Laurens made off with a 9-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Laurens since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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