A feisty cat fight will be fought as Gallatin County Wildcats duke it out with Frankfort Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Gallatin County has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with ten straight losses, while Frankfort will come in with three straight victories.
Gallatin County lost 19-1 to Walton-Verona on Monday.
Frankfort not only won on Wednesday, but they posted their biggest win since March 17th. Everything went their way against Shelby County as they made off with an 8-1 win.
Jonathan Smith was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Smith was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Those runs marked the first that he scored this season.
Frankfort hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their strikeout total in three consecutive matchups.
Frankfort's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-5. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Gallatin County, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
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