Carroll County is 3-0 against Pendleton County since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Carroll County Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Pendleton County Wildcats at 5:30 p.m.
Carroll County's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Walton-Verona on Wednesday. They lost 10-0 to the Bearcats. Carroll County has not had much luck with Walton-Verona recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Pendleton County came into Wednesday's match having lost seven straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with a 6-2 win over Dayton on Wednesday.
Pendleton County saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Micheal Fultz, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Frisch, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Carroll County's loss dropped their record down to 18-11. As for Pendleton County, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-18.
Carroll County came out on top in a nail-biter against Pendleton County when the teams last played back in March, sneaking past 10-9. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carroll County since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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