On Thursday Clarke Central will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Alcovy Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Clarke Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
Clarke Central's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Winder-Barrow on Tuesday. They lost 12-0 to the Bulldoggs. The Gladiators haven't had much luck with the Bulldoggs recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, Alcovy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They fell just short of George Walton Academy by a score of 5-4.
Alcovy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maya Anderson, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Alcovy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Clarke Central now has a losing record at 10-11. As for Alcovy, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-15.
Clarke Central came up short against Alcovy in their previous meeting back in September, falling 5-2. Can Clarke Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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