The North Hardin Trojans will venture away from home to take on the Elizabethtown Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. North Hardin is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.
Things were looking good for North Hardin after they put the first run on the board on Tuesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Central Hardin by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Trojans have lost by just one run.
Sawyer Elms was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, North Hardin saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Marian Jaudon, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
While Elizabethtown didn't have the best season last year (they finished 13-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Fort Knox with a sharp 13-3 victory on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won nine games by six runs or more so far this season.
Elizabethtown has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for North Hardin, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-13.
North Hardin might still be hurting after the 11-5 loss they got from Elizabethtown when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can the Trojans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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