Russellville waltzed into their matchup on Friday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They walked away with a 10-7 victory over the Sparkman Senators. Russellville's win was all the more impressive since Sparkman was averaging only 3.5 runs allowed on the season.
For Sparkman's part, they got a good showing from Brock Simons, who pitched two innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks).
On the hitting side, Sparkman saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Peccia, who scored a run while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Tre Aguon, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
Russellville is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a massive bump to their 19-8 record this season. As for Sparkman, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-5.
Russellville will head out on the road to challenge Arab at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Russellville is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road. As for Sparkman, they will be playing at home against Austin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Sparkman's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Austin's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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