The Center Hill Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Corinth Warriors at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Center Hill has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Corinth will come in with four straight victories.
Center Hill might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 12-6 to South Panola, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Center Hill saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grayson Doss, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI.
Corinth let New Albany stack four runs on them in the third inning on Friday but luckily Corinth prevailed anyway. The Warriors had just enough and edged out the Bulldogs 7-6. That's two games straight that the Warriors have won by just one run.
Jack Lester spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered five earned (and one unearned) runs on nine hits and racked up six Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Bo Mitchell was a standout: he went a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Pierce, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
Center Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 10-14-1. As for Corinth, their win bumped their record up to 14-10.
Center Hill beat Corinth 9-4 in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Warriors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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