The Southwestern Warriors will challenge the Rockcastle County Rockets at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Southwestern's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against McCreary Central as they made off with an 18-0 win. Considering the Warriors have won eight matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Rockcastle County hadn't beaten Casey County on the road since April 24, 2023 but that history sure didn't bother them on Tuesday. The Rockets blew past the Rebels 11-5. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Rockets have posted against the Rebels since April 19, 2022.
Sydney Holcomb spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five earned runs on seven hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, Lauren Hensley was incredible, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and one stolen base. Those three RBI gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Macy Spivey, who went 2-for-5 with three runs and two RBI.
Rockcastle County pushed their record up to 13-9-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Southwestern, their win bumped their record up to 8-6.
Southwestern was able to grind out a solid victory over Rockcastle County in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, winning 4-0. Do the Warriors have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Rockets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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