The McCracken County Mustangs will take on the Rossview Hawks at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (McCracken County 2.2, Rossview 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
McCracken County is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Clarksville, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (McCracken County was ranked sixth). The Mustangs fell 4-1 to the Wildcats on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that the Mustangs have lost by exactly three runs.
Rossview let Cookeville stack five runs on them in the first inning on Saturday but luckily Rossview prevailed anyway. The Hawks skirted past the Cavaliers 9-8.
Rossview's victory bumped their record up to 29-4-1. As for McCracken County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-4.
McCracken County came out on top in a nail-biter against Rossview when the teams last played back in April of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Mustangs repeat their success, or do the Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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