The Anderson County Bearcats will challenge the Boyle County Rebels at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Anderson County has 14 straight wins, Boyle County has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Anderson County is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Assumption, who was ranked seventh at the time (Anderson County was ranked ninth). The Bearcats had just enough and edged out the Rockets 5-3.
Lacey Osborne spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned runs on ten hits.
On the hitting side, Anderson County's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Liliana Mefford, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run. That's the most RBI Mefford has posted since back in April.
Meanwhile, Boyle County didn't have quite enough to beat George Rogers Clark on Tuesday and fell 3-1. That's two games in a row now that the Rebels have lost by exactly two runs.
Anderson County's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-4. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Boyle County, their loss dropped their record down to 9-16.
Anderson County skirted past Boyle County 3-1 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will the Bearcats repeat their success, or do the Rebels have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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