The Century Centurions will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Crab Orchard Trojans at 4:30 p.m. Century will be strutting in after a victory while Crab Orchard will be coming in after a defeat.
Century took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Shawnee out 6-4.
Meanwhile, Crab Orchard fell victim to Carmi-White County and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Crab Orchard has not been shut out since back in April.
Crab Orchard saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aubrey Holmes, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Century's win bumped their record up to 8-9. As for Crab Orchard, they dropped their record down to 17-8 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Century came up short against Crab Orchard in their previous matchup back in May of 2018, falling 14-10. Can Century avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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