South Pontotoc was the 11-3 winner over Choctaw County when they last played one another back in February of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The South Pontotoc Cougars took an 8-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Choctaw County Chargers on Friday. That's two games in a row now that the Cougars have lost by exactly three runs.
Cruze Lackey was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He tossed two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. That one earned run gave him a new career-low. He was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high.
Lackey wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Isaiah Stuto, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave Stuto a new career-high in hits (two).
This is the second loss in a row for South Pontotoc and nudges their season record down to 1-4. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.5 runs over those games. As for Choctaw County, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-1.
Coming up, South Pontotoc will face off against Houston at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Houston is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season. As for Choctaw County, they will challenge Choctaw Central at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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