The Plato Eagles will head out to challenge the Norwood Pirates at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Plato will be strutting in after a victory while Norwood will be coming in after a defeat.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Eagles on Monday. Everything went Plato's way against Bradleyville as they made off with a 14-8 win. Considering Plato has won six matches by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Norwood fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Gainesville on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 6-5. The Pirates have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meeting.
Norwood saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carder Kelly, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs.
The victory made it two in a row for Plato and bumps their season record up to 7-11. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.5 runs over those games. As for Norwood, their loss dropped their record down to 11-4.
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