Cherokee Trail and Mullen are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Cherokee Trail Cougars will be playing at home against the Mullen Mustangs at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Neither Cherokee Trail nor Mullen posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Cherokee Trail is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Cherry Creek just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 5-1 to the Bruins.
Cherokee Trail saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Akoi Burton, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Mullen didn't have quite enough to beat Eaglecrest on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Even though they lost, Mullen didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Eaglecrest only tossed four.
Cherokee Trail's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-6. As for Mullen, their loss dropped their record down to 11-8.
Cherokee Trail took their win against Mullen when the teams last played last Tuesday by a conclusive 8-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Mullen's Thomas Stewart, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cherokee Trail still be able to contain Stewart? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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