The Union City Golden Tornadoes will head out on the road to square off against the Jackson South Side Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Union City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They suffered a rough 8-1 loss at the hands of Graves County. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Union City has scored all season.
Jackson South Side was handed a six-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Camden Central on Monday. Jackson South Side's pitchers stepped up to hand Camden Central a 2-0 shutout. The victory was just what Jackson South Side needed coming off of a 6-0 loss in their prior match.
Union City now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Jackson South Side, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Union City was able to grind out a solid victory over Jackson South Side when the teams last played back in April of 2018, winning 9-5. Will Union City repeat their success, or does Jackson South Side have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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