Craig County and Eastern Montgomery are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Craig County Rockets will head out on the road to challenge the Eastern Montgomery Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Craig County is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Bath County with a sharp 13-3 win on Thursday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Craig County with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Eastern Montgomery won against Highland on Saturday with three runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. Eastern Montgomery had just enough and edged Highland out 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Eastern Montgomery.
Craig County's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-8. As for Eastern Montgomery, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Craig County came up short against Eastern Montgomery when the teams last played on April 9th, falling 6-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastern Montgomery's Austin Tate, who struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits (and not a single walk). Now that Craig County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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