The Southmont Mounties will head out on the road to face off against the North Montgomery Chargin' Chargers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Southmont is no doubt hoping to put an end to a nine-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Southmont lost 10-4 to Western Boone on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, North Montgomery had just enough and edged Tri-West Hendricks out 5-4 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Montgomery.
Austin Sulc looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, North Montgomery's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cade Cole, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Cole has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Southmont's loss dropped their record down to 1-17. As for North Montgomery, their victory bumped their record up to 15-7.
Southmont suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to North Montgomery in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Montgomery's Jarrod Kirsch, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Now that Southmont 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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