The Mooreville Troopers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Alcorn Central Bears at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Alcorn Central took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Mooreville, who comes in off a win.
Last Friday, Mooreville was able to grind out a solid win over Choctaw County, taking the game 8-4. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Mooreville.
Meanwhile, Alcorn Central fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Nettleton on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 11-10. Alcorn Central has not had much luck with Nettleton recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Andrew Williams was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Williams was also stellar in the batter's box, firing off three home runs and eight RBI while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Mitchell Tucker was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Alcorn Central lost a few balls and finished the game with three home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Mooreville has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Alcorn Central, they now have a losing record at 8-9.
Everything went Mooreville's way against Alcorn Central in their previous meeting back in February as Mooreville made off with a 19-9 victory. Does Mooreville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alcorn Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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