The Rockcastle County Rockets will be playing at home against the Estill County Engineers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Estill County took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Rockcastle County, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Rockcastle County finally turned things around against Danville on Tuesday. Rockcastle County came out on top in a nail-biter against Danville and snuck past 7-6.
The team relied heavily on Benjamin Brown, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run, two stolen bases, and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Carson Carrera, who went 1-for-4 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Estill County fell victim to Garrard County and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Golden Lions by a score of 1-0. That's two games in a row now that Estill County has lost by just one run.
Estill County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Woolery, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Rockcastle County's win bumped their record up to 8-24. As for Estill County, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-17.
Rockcastle County suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Estill County in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Estill County's Jax Niece, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that Rockcastle County 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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