Morristown-Hamblen East is 0-10 against Jefferson County since March of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Morristown-Hamblen East Hurricanes will challenge the Jefferson County Patriots at 5:00 p.m.
Morristown-Hamblen East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They fell victim to a tough 11-4 loss at the hands of Carter.
Morristown-Hamblen East saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Blake Creech, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Jefferson County entered their tilt with University with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Buccaneers onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory on Saturday.
Not much got past Dylan Edmonds, who gave up just one hit and racked up six Ks to keep University off the board. Edmonds has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Morristown-Hamblen East's defeat dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Jefferson County, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-8.
Morristown-Hamblen East came up short against Jefferson County when the teams last played back in March, falling 8-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jefferson County's Briley Larue, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over 5.2 innings pitched. Now that Morristown-Hamblen East knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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