South Paulding is 2-7 against Carrollton since February of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The South Paulding Spartans will head out on the road to square off against the Carrollton Trojans at 5:55 p.m. One thing working in South Paulding's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last three matches.
If South Paulding beats Carrollton with 12 runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. South Paulding put the hurt on New Manchester with a sharp 12-2 victory on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Carrollton had just enough and edged Pickens out 5-4 on Monday.
Caden Opperman tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
At the plate, Carrollton's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Maddox Monsour, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
South Paulding is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season. As for Carrollton, their record now sits at 18-8.
South Paulding came up short against Carrollton when the teams last played back in February of 2023, falling 6-3. Thankfully for South Paulding, Cade Cosper (who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits (and only one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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