Southwestern is 10-0 against McCreary Central since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Southwestern Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the McCreary Central Raiders at 8:00 p.m.
Southwestern lost 12-2 to South Laurel on Thursday. Southwestern has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Southwestern saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Couch, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, McCreary Central stacked a 15th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Williamsburg a 16-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for McCreary Central.
Kase Spradlin looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Benjamin Irvin was a standout: he went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. Noah Shook was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Southwestern's loss dropped their record down to 12-21. As for McCreary Central, their victory bumped their record up to 23-7.
Everything went Southwestern's way against McCreary Central when the teams last played on May 1st as Southwestern made off with a 10-2 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was McCreary Central's Kaleb Ellis, who struck out seven batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off five hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Southwestern still be able to contain Ellis? There's only one way to find out.
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