The Bath County Wildcats are taking a road trip to challenge the Powell County Pirates at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Bath County has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Powell County will arrive with three straight wins.
Bath County came up short against East Carter on Wednesday, falling 8-1.
Bath County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Dillon, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
Meanwhile, Powell County hadn't done well against Mason County recently (they were 0-5 in their previous five matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. The Pirates blew past the Royals 8-0. Eight seems to be a good number for the Pirates as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Not much got past Lacy Dicken, who gave up just three hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Mason County off the board. Dicken has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Tucker Ramsey was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. Those two hits gave him a new career-high. Kane Knox was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Powell County pushed their record up to 12-16 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Bath County, their loss dropped their record down to 16-16-1.
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