The Johnston City Indians will take on the Massac County Patriots at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Johnston City can't be too worried about heading out to take on Massac County: they just beat Harrisburg at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Johnston City never let Harrisburg onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Johnston City.
Meanwhile, Massac County extended their postseason success on Thursday against Anna-Jonesboro. They had just enough and edged the Wildcats out 1-0. The victory was nothing new for Massac County as they're now sitting on 12 straight.
Not much got past Luke Maurer, who gave up just one hit and racked up seven Ks to keep Anna-Jonesboro off the board. Maurer has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Massac County's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Josh Gilbert, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Johnston City has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-12-1 record this season. As for Massac County, their victory bumped their record up to 23-9.
Johnston City might still be hurting after the 14-1 defeat they got from Massac County when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gilbert, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that Johnston City 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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