The Paulding County Patriots will square off against the McEachern Indians at 5:55 p.m. on Tuesday. Paulding County will be strutting in after a victory while McEachern will be coming in after a defeat.
Paulding County's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. They blew past Pebblebrook 10-0. That's two games straight that the Patriots have won by exactly ten runs.
Hunter Redden
| 04/04/25 vs Pebblebrook | 9 |
| 03/13/24 vs New Manchester | 8 |
| 04/19/24 vs Langston Hughes | 6 |
| 02/13/24 vs Cass | 6 |
| 03/28/25 @ Campbell | 5 |
Hunter Redden tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on James Jones, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Paulding County is 6-1 when Jones posts two or more runs, but 2-13 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Hudson McEntyre, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Paulding County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .583. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for McEachern's offense. They fell just short of Villa Rica by a score of 2-0 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Indians have suffered since February 15, 2024.
Paulding County has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-14 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs over those games. As for McEachern, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-6.
Paulding County skirted past McEachern 4-3 in their previous matchup back in March of 2022. Do the Patriots have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Indians turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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