The Greenwood Gators will be playing in front of their home fans against the Ohio County Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Greenwood and three for Ohio County.
Greenwood's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against DuPont Manual on Saturday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Crimsons.
Meanwhile, Ohio County didn't have quite enough to beat Butler County on Monday and fell 3-1.
Ohio County got a good showing from Parker Westerfield, who struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). Westerfield has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Ohio County saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Davey Hiner, who went 2-for-4 with a double.
Even though they lost, Ohio County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 17 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Butler County only tossed five.
Greenwood's loss dropped their record down to 22-9. As for Ohio County, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-18-1.
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