The Sulligent Blue Devils will head out on the road to take on the Carbon Hill Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Sulligent has now lost nine straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since March 20.
Last Monday, it was a hard-fought game, but Sulligent had to settle for a 10-9 defeat against Lamar County. That's two games in a row now that Sulligent has lost by just one run.
Hunter Wood and Kenyon Taylor stepped up to the plate in a big way. Wood fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 3-for-5, while Taylor scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Taylor is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Sandlin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Sulligent didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. This was only their 14th loss (out of 20 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Carbon Hill fell victim to a tough 9-3 loss at the hands of Fayette County on Tuesday.
Carbon Hill saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rhett Guthrie, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Sulligent's record now sits at 6-17. As for Carbon Hill, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost 11 of their last 13 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-14 record this season.
Sulligent came out on top in a nail-biter against Carbon Hill in their previous matchup back in April of 2022, sneaking past 5-4. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Carbon Hill's Laney Keeton, who struck out 15 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be that much easier for Sulligent to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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