The Morgan County Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the West Carter Comets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Morgan County's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Floyd Central on Monday. They fell just short of the Jaguars by a score of 1-0. Morgan County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, West Carter had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Rebels and snuck past 4-2.
Tyler Stinson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits and racked up 16 Ks.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jake Carter, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Corey Hedge, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and an RBI.
Morgan County's defeat dropped their record down to 6-13. As for West Carter, their win bumped their record up to 6-9.
Morgan County might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from West Carter in their previous matchup on Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carter, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. Now that Morgan County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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