Lawrence County is 8-2 against Belfry since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lawrence County Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Belfry Pirates at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Lawrence County is returning to their home field after beating Raceland on theirs, despite the fact Raceland has dominated at home this season. Lawrence County skirted past Raceland 4-3.
Meanwhile, Belfry had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Wednesday. They never let the Tigers onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory.
Lawrence County's win bumped their record up to 13-11. As for Belfry, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 18-10 record this season.
Lawrence County took their victory against Belfry in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 13-3. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Belfry's Jonah Adkins, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and seven unearned) runs off five hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Lawrence County still be able to contain Adkins? There's only one way to find out.
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