Knott County Central is 0-9 against Clay County since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Knott County Central Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the Clay County Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Knott County Central is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Monday, they were much more limited against Floyd Central on Tuesday. They fell 4-0 to the Jaguars. The matchup marked the first time this year in which Knott County Central was not able to get on the board.
Knott County Central saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayden Huff, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Huff has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, Clay County unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Knox Central by a score of 1-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Clay County has not been shut out since back in March.
Knott County Central's loss dropped their record down to 23-10. As for Clay County, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-13.
Knott County Central suffered a grim 15-7 defeat to Clay County in their previous meeting back in March. Can Knott County Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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