Butler County is 0-7 against Warren East since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Butler County Bears will head out on the road to face off against the Warren East Raiders at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Butler County sitting on three straight wins and Warren East on six.
On Thursday, Butler County beat Hart County 5-1.
Brycen Mode was excellent, going 1-for-4 with three RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Jay Peralta, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, it was close, but last Thursday Warren East sidestepped Russell County for a 10-9 victory. That's two games straight that Warren East has won by just one run.
Warren East let Maddox Tarrence and Tray Price loose on the outfield. Tarrence went 1-for-3 with a home run and two runs, while Price scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was William Alexander, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Butler County is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season. As for Warren East, they pushed their record up to 16-12 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Butler County suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Warren East in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Warren East's Matthew Escalera, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that Butler County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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