The Powell County Pirates will be playing at home against the East Carter Raiders at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Powell County will be strutting in after a victory while East Carter will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, Powell County sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over Fleming County. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Powell County.
Austin Begley made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed four innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Begley was also solid in the batter's box, getting a hit from his one at bat.
Begley wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Carter Poe, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, East Carter unfortunately witnessed the end of their 11-game winning streak dating back to last season on Thursday. They fell 7-3 to Raceland.
Powell County now has a winning record of 3-2. As for East Carter, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 1-1.
Powell County suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to East Carter in their previous matchup back in March of 2015. Can Powell County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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