Shelby County won the last time they faced Central of Clay County, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Shelby County Wildcats walked away with a 9-6 victory over the Central of Clay County Volunteers. The win made it back-to-back victories for Shelby County.
Cooper Pennington was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Pennington has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Pennington was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.
Pennington wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Micah Morris, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Shelby County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Central of Clay County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-8.
Shelby County will challenge Normal West at 9:00 a.m. on Monday. Normal West will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last. As for Central of Clay County, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Munford at 4:00 p.m.
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