Morgan County is 0-10 against East Carter since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Morgan County Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the East Carter Raiders at 6:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Morgan County suffered a tough 16-1 loss at the hands of Pikeville. Morgan County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, East Carter can now show off 14 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. Everything went their way against South Point as East Carter made off with a 12-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for East Carter.
Stephany Tussey spent all five innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits.
At the plate, East Carter got a massive performance out of Shelby Felty, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Emily Biddle was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with four RBI.
Morgan County's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for East Carter, they pushed their record up to 18-4 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Morgan County suffered a grim 16-1 defeat to East Carter when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Carter's Laken Knipp, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned run off one hit (and not a single walk). Now that Morgan County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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