Hardin County and Pope County are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Hardin County Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the Pope County Pirates at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hardin County is no doubt hoping to put an end to a nine-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Hardin County fell victim to Crab Orchard and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They suffered a rough 10-0 defeat at the hands of the Trojans.
Meanwhile, Pope County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell victim to a tough 13-7 defeat at the hands of Norris City-Omaha-Enfield.
Hardin County's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Pope County, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-12.
Hardin County couldn't quite finish off Pope County in their previous matchup back in March and fell 6-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pope County's MADDIE WALKER, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. Now that Hardin County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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