The Athens Golden Eagles will challenge the West Morgan Rebels at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Athens' pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so West Morgan's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Athens easily dispatched Grissom on Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Athens fell just short of Brooks by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Golden Eagles couldn't push the score so high this time.
Athens saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was John Lawrence Chittam, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, West Morgan came up short against Priceville on Tuesday, falling 20-8. The Rebels have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Athens moved to 8-3 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for West Morgan, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.
Everything went Athens' way against West Morgan when the teams last played two weeks ago, as Athens made off with a 12-3 win. Does Athens have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Morgan turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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