The Ryle Raiders will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Bracken County Polar Bears at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Ryle sitting on five straight wins and Bracken County on four.
Ryle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Covington Catholic, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Ryle was ranked 21st). Ryle had just enough and edged Covington Catholic out 3-2. That's two games straight that Ryle has won by just one run.
Ryle got a great performance from Grant Ashcraft as he didn't allow a single hit, only two earned runs while striking out six over 5.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tate Cordrey, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Aj Curry, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Bracken County has not done well against Mason County recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Bracken County's pitchers stepped up to hand Mason County a 4-0 shutout.
Ryle is on a roll lately: they've won 22 of their last 25 games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-9 record this season. As for Bracken County, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-6.
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