Sumter County is 0-7 against Cook since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Sumter County Panthers will look to defend their home field against the Cook Hornets at 5:30 p.m.
Sadly, Sumter County is still looking for their first win of the season after 24 contests. They suffered a tough 18-4 defeat at the hands of Berrien in Friday's second game.
Sumter County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaeden Jones, who scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Cook put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They blew past Fitzgerald 14-4. Winning may never get old, but Cook sure is getting used to it with their ninth in a row.
Sumter County's loss dropped their record down to 0-24. As for Cook, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season.
Sumter County suffered a grim 21-0 defeat to Cook in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Sumter County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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