The Waldron Mohawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Southwestern Spartans at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Waldron has four straight wins, Southwestern has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Thursday, Waldron was able to grind out a solid victory over North Decatur, taking the game 8-4.
Jacob Bennett made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Bennett has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Bennett was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Troy Atwood was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Jacob Lindsey was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Southwestern might've scored the first runs on Wednesday, but it was Edinburgh who claimed the real prize. Southwestern fell just short of Edinburgh by a score of 7-6.
Waldron has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Southwestern, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.
Everything went Waldron's way against Southwestern in their previous matchup on Saturday as Waldron made off with a 12-5 win. Will Waldron repeat their success, or does Southwestern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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