Polk County came into Monday's matchup having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They put the hurt on the Tellico Plains Bears with a sharp 8-1 win on Monday. Polk County might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won three contests by seven runs or more this season.
Kolton Casson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits and racked up 13 Ks.
On the hitting side, Justin Green was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Zanten Branham, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Tellico Plains' side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Sanders, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Polk County's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-5. As for Tellico Plains, their loss was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-11.
Polk County will have a chance to go back-to-back against Tellico Plains: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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