The Scotland County Tigers will be playing at home against the Marceline Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Scotland County has three straight wins, Marceline has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Scotland County is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 25-5 margin over South Shelby on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Payton Frederick was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Frederick was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-4.
In other batting news, Scotland County got a massive performance out of Vincent Dale, who went 2-for-6 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Layne Stott, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Marceline lost 7-1 to Knox County on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Marceline has lost by exactly six runs.
Marceline saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cody Rodgers, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Scotland County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season. As for Marceline, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-9.
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