The Madison Central Indians have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Corbin Redhounds at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Madison Central: 3.3, Corbin: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Madison Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Scott County, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Madison Central was ranked 12th). Madison Central lost 6-0 to Scott County on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Madison Central's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Corbin fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Tates Creek on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Commodores by a score of 7-6.
Corbin got a good showing from Ethan Abner, who pitched 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Kade Elam was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Noah Cima, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Madison Central's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-7. As for Corbin, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-7.
Madison Central might still be hurting after the 12-2 loss they got from Corbin in their previous matchup back in April of 2019. Thankfully for Madison Central, Cam Allen (who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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