Great Crossing is 3-0 against Woodford County since May of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. Great Crossing will be playing in front of their home fans against the Woodford County Yellowjackets at 6:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Great Crossing: 3.3, Woodford County: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Great Crossing is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Madison Central, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Great Crossing was ranked seventh). Great Crossing came out on top against Madison Central by a score of 9-5 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Great Crossing.
Brenna Parker made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits (and not a single walk). Parker has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 12 consecutive pitching appearances. Parker was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Aubrey Green was incredible, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Ashtyn Holbrook, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Woodford County lost 8-1 to Daviess County on Saturday. Woodford County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Woodford County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Natalie Kerr, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Great Crossing has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Woodford County, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-9.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Great Crossing hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1 home runs per game. However, it's not like Woodford County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Great Crossing's way against Woodford County in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Great Crossing made off with a 14-2 win. Will Great Crossing repeat their success, or does Woodford County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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