The Carroll County Panthers will venture away from home to square off against the Henry County Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Carroll County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
On Saturday, Carroll County came up short against Lloyd Memorial and fell 6-1. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Henry County entered their tilt with Eminence on Friday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. They blew past the Warriors 11-1. Considering the Wildcats have won eight matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jaylan Hortenbury was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Henry County is undefeated when Hortenbury allows one or fewer earned runs, but 8-11 otherwise. Hortenbury was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI. That's the most hits he has posted since back in April.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Nicholas Bryan, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Kaiden Wilson, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
Henry County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .529. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .529 or higher in three consecutive games.
The victory got Henry County back to even at 11-11. As for Carroll County, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9.
Carroll County came up short against Henry County in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 12-7. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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