The Carlisle County Comets will head out to challenge the Murray Tigers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Carlisle County is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Marshall County just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Marshals by a score of 5-3. The loss was just more heartbreak for the Comets, who fell 3-1 when the teams last met back in May of 2023.
Carlisle County saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kasen Perez, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Murray came tearing into Thursday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.6 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Lakers get on the board and left with a 5-0 victory.
Murray's win bumped their record up to 18-9. As for Carlisle County, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-16.
Carlisle County suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Murray in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Comets avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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