The Madison Patriots will be playing at home against the Draughn Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Madison sitting on three straight wins and Draughn on four.
Last Thursday, Madison had just enough and edged Avery County out 11-10.
Zane Buckner was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Buckner has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances. Buckner was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Jaxon Dillingham and Eli Teague did most of the damage at the plate: Dillingham went 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Teague went 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a double.
Meanwhile, Draughn can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. They blew past Rosman 9-1.
Logan Carswell was excellent, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan McGee, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Madison is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-8 record this season. As for Draughn, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-2.
Madison came up short against Draughn in their previous matchup last Friday, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Draughn's Tate Jensen, who struck out 13 batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit. Now that Madison 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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