Estill County hasn't had much luck against Hazard recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Estill County Engineers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hazard Bulldogs / Lady Bulldogs at 12:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Estill County took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They never let Owsley County get on the board and left with a 10-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Engineers considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Dawson Moore tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 12 over five innings pitched.
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On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kooper Powell, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in hits. The team also got some help courtesy of Berkley Hardy, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Hazard won against Pikeville on Tuesday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. Hazard beat Paul Laurence Dunbar by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs / Lady Bulldogs.
Austin Hughes looked comfortable as he tossed 1.2 innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits.
Hazard's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Estill County, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Estill County skirted past Hazard 2-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Will Estill County repeat their success, or does Hazard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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