The Cherokee County Warriors will square off against the Sylvania Rams at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cherokee County has three straight victories, Sylvania has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Cherokee County is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Cleburne County 15-2 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Sylvania's offense. They lost 16-0 to Geraldine on Thursday. The game marked the first time this year in which the Rams were not able to get on the board.
Sylvania saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mara Anderson, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one double.
Cherokee County's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.1 runs over those games. As for Sylvania, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
Cherokee County suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Sylvania in their previous matchup back in April of 2015. Can Cherokee County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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