The Barren County Trojans will head out on the road to square off against the East Jessamine Jaguars at 11:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
East Jessamine will be up against a hot Barren County team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Everything went the Trojans' way against Pendleton County on Thursday as they made off with a 13-4 victory.
Barren County got a massive performance out of Lily Elmore, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. What's more, Elmore posted two RBI, the most she's had since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Norah Shirley, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple.
Barren County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .486. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .345 or higher in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, while East Jessamine put up plenty of runs last Wednesday, the same can't be said for Lincoln County. The Jaguars didn't even let the Patriots on the board, marking the Jaguars' second-straight 13-0 shutout. The Jaguars haven't had any issues with the Patriots recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Barren County pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for East Jessamine, their record is now 6-7.
Barren County came out on top in a nail-biter against East Jessamine in their previous meeting back in April of 2018, sneaking past 2-1. Do the Trojans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Jaguars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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