The Princeton Tigers will square off against the Nicholas County Grizzlies at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
On Thursday, Princeton didn't have quite enough to beat Greenbrier East and fell 4-3. The loss was the Tigers' first of the season.
Princeton saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zack Jenkins, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another was Deegan Walters, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Nicholas County got the win against Braxton County on Thursday by a conclusive 19-1. The Grizzlies have beaten the Eagles the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Eagles has come to flipping the script.
Nicholas County let Lucas Milam and Coleton Hellems run wild. Milam went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, four RBI, and one stolen base, while Hellems got on base in all three of his plate appearances with four RBI, one run, and one double. The dominant performance gave Hellems a new career-high in RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden Brown, who went 1-for-2 with four RBI and one run.
Nicholas County's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Princeton, they dropped their record down to 2-1 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Princeton might still be hurting after the 15-3 defeat they got from Nicholas County in their previous matchup back in March of 2024. Can Princeton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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