The North Murray Mountaineers will head out to square off against the Murray County Indians at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. North Murray will be strutting in after a win while Murray County will be coming in after a loss.
North Murray's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 2-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Mountaineers have posted since August 10th.
Not much got past Jazmyn Wright, who gave up just four hits to keep Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe off the board. Wright has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jaylen Jones, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Kaitlyn Malone, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Murray County suffered their closest defeat since August 1st on Tuesday. They fell just short of Coahulla Creek by a score of 4-2.
Murray County saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kholee Fouts, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. What's more, Fouts also racked up no strikeouts, the fewestshe's had since back in August.
She wasn't the only one working in the strikeouts department: Murray County hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in three consecutive matches.
North Murray's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-19. As for Murray County, their loss dropped their record down to 10-10.
North Murray came up short against Murray County in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 7-2. Can North Murray avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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