Neshoba Central is 2-8 against New Hope since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Rockets will be playing at home against the Trojans at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Neshoba Central 2.8, New Hope 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
15 must be Neshoba Central's lucky number: they beat Columbus with that score not once but twice on Tuesday. The Rockets' pitchers stepped up to hand the Falcons a 15-0 shutout. The Rockets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, New Hope's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell 5-1 to Starkville. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Neshoba Central is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a massive bump to their 18-10 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for New Hope, their loss dropped their record down to 14-8-1.
Neshoba Central came out on top in a nail-biter against New Hope in their previous matchup back in May of 2022, sneaking past 5-3. Will the Rockets repeat their success, or do the Trojans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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