Floyd Central came tearing into Friday's match with 11 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Bloomington North Cougars and snuck past 4-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Floyd Central also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2023.
For Bloomington North's part, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Eads, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Bloomington North didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 18 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Floyd Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-2 record this season. As for Bloomington North, their defeat was their tenth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-16.
Floyd Central will take on Bloomington South at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday. Bloomington South will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last. As for Bloomington North, they will head out on the road to take on South Knox at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. South Knox's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so Bloomington North's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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