The Lawrence County Red Devils will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Hamilton Aggies at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
In Friday's second game, Lawrence County made easy work of Jasper and carried off an 11-2 win.
Tucker Legg tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
At the plate, Ryder McGregory and Levi Sanderson did most of the damage at the plate: McGregory scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Sanderson scored a run while going 3-for-4. Noah Dutton was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Hamilton had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They beat the Wildcats by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2.
Lawrence County is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-19 record this season. As for Hamilton, they pushed their record up to 22-13-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Lawrence County was able to grind out a solid win over Hamilton in their previous matchup back in March, winning 5-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lawrence County since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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