The New Athens Yellow Jackets will head out on the road to face off against the Sparta Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. New Athens will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
New Athens' pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Red Bud by a score of 4-0.
New Athens' victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Wil Mulholland, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Sparta's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of DuQuoin on Tuesday. Sparta has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
New Athens is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-12 record this season. As for Sparta, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-10.
New Athens couldn't quite finish off Sparta in their previous matchup back in March and fell 6-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sparta's James Pillers, who tossed 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that New Athens knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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