The Northeast Jones Tigers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Forrest County Agricultural Aggies at 7:00 p.m. Northeast Jones is coming into the match hot, having won their last nine games.
Northeast Jones is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Friday, just like they did against Seminary (and have done all season long). Northeast Jones' pitchers stepped up to hand Seminary a 16-0 shutout on Monday. Northeast Jones' victory was all the more impressive since Seminary was averaging only 3.67 runs allowed on the season.
Carter Wiginton was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Wiginton has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Wiginton was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a double.
In other batting news, Kaden Padgett was incredible, going 3-for-3 with four RBI, a stolen base, and a run. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Jax Sullins was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Forrest County Agricultural had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They were the clear victor by a 7-0 margin over Citronelle on Thursday.
Not much got past C.J Eade, who gave up just one hit and racked up seven Ks to keep Citronelle off the board.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Blaine Palmer, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Northeast Jones pushed their record up to 20-4 with that win, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Forrest County Agricultural, their victory bumped their record up to 8-12.
Northeast Jones couldn't quite finish off Forrest County Agricultural in their previous meeting back in March of 2019 and fell 7-5. Thankfully for Northeast Jones, Luke Odom (who pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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