| 03/14/24 - Home | 4-8 L |
| 05/06/23 - Away | 5-10 L |
| 05/10/19 - Away | 5-1 W |
| 05/14/18 - Home | 2-3 L |
| 05/09/17 - Home | 8-3 W |
| 04/29/17 - Away | 16-6 W |
Barbourville and McCreary Central are an even 3-3 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Tigers will head out to square off against the Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with eight consecutive losses for Barbourville and six for McCreary Central.
It was a proper cat-fight when Barbourville took on Bell County on Wednesday. The Tigers might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 12-2 to the Bobcats, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
McCreary Central couldn't beat Clinton County on Thursday even though they stacked four runs on them in the first inning. The Raiders came up short against the Bulldogs, falling 16-6. While the Raiders didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bulldogs 4-0 in the first period.
McCreary Central saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kolton Summers, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Summers is becoming a predictor of the Raiders' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 8-2 (and 5-12 when he doesn't). Tristen West was another, getting on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.
Barbourville's loss dropped their record down to 14-12. As for McCreary Central, they now have a losing record of 13-14.
Barbourville couldn't quite get it done against McCreary Central when the teams last played back in March of 2024 as they fell 8-4. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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