The Logan County Cougars will be playing at home against the Warren East Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Logan County will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs two weeks ago, then bounced right back against University Heights on Monday. Everything went Logan County's way against University Heights as Logan County made off with a 17-6 victory.
Noah Mosley and Samuel Hayes did most of the damage at the plate: Mosley scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Hayes scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Kade Wall was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Warren East put the finishing touches on their 12th blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 9-2 margin over Russell County. Winning may never get old, but Warren East sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Brooks Vincent looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Maddox Tarrence and Kavien Hinton did most of the damage at the plate: Tarrence went 3-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI, while Hinton scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Brenden Bratcher, who scored two runs.
Logan County pushed their record up to 13-12-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Warren East, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a massive bump to their 19-13 record this season.
Logan County suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Warren East in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bratcher, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over six innings pitched. Now that Logan County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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