The Jackson South Side Hawks will square off against the Camden Central Lions at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Jackson South Side will be strutting in after a win while Camden Central will be coming in after a loss.
Jackson South Side is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They walked away with a 9-5 victory over Covington on Monday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hawks.
Jackson South Side got a great performance from Miller Hornsby as he pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Wyatt Diffee was incredible, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI. River Chumney was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Camden Central fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Peabody on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Golden Tide by a score of 10-9.
Amaury Rogers and Carl Baker stepped up to the plate in a big way. Rogers got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three stolen bases and one triple, while Baker scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Latendressee, who went 1-for-5 with three RBI.
Camden Central's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Jackson South Side, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Jackson South Side skirted past Camden Central 2-0 when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Does Jackson South Side have another victory up their sleeve, or will Camden Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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