The Crab Orchard Trojans will head out on the road to challenge the Century Centurions at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Crab Orchard is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Crab Orchard's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Carmi-White County on Saturday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs. The shutout was out of character for Crab Orchard seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in April.
Crab Orchard saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aubrey Holmes, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Meanwhile, Century had just enough and edged Shawnee out 6-4 on Thursday.
Crab Orchard's defeat dropped their record down to 17-8. As for Century, their victory bumped their record up to 8-9.
Crab Orchard was able to grind out a solid win over Century in their previous matchup back in May of 2018, winning 14-10. Will Crab Orchard repeat their success, or does Century have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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