The Holmes County Blue Devils will head out on the road to challenge the Jay Royals at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Holmes County is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road.
On Thursday, everything went Holmes County's way against Cottondale as Holmes County made off with an 8-1 victory. That's two games straight that Holmes County has won by exactly seven runs.
The team relied heavily on Landon Lumpkin, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
After soaring to a seven-point win in their last game, Jay came back down to earth on Thursday. They fell just short of Milton by a score of 6-4. Jay has not had much luck with Milton recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Jay saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan McDonald, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Holmes County is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Jay, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-8.
Holmes County came out on top in a nail-biter against Jay in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, sneaking past 9-7. Does Holmes County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jay turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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