The Marion County Eagles will challenge the Russell County Warriors at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Eagles on Friday. Marion County lost 8-1 to Crawford County. Marion County has struggled against Crawford County recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Russell County). Their pitcher stepped up to hand Chattahoochee County a 19-0 shutout on Thursday. The win was some much needed relief for the Warriors as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Shane Otipoby was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 14 over six innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Russell County is 2-1 when he allows at most two earned runs, but 4-9 otherwise. Otipoby was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring four runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Those four runs gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Russell County got a big performance out of Harley Shoffner, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Those two hits gave Shoffner a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Conner Cox, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Russell County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .394. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chattahoochee County only posted a batting average of .053.
Russell County's victory bumped their record up to 6-10. As for Marion County, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11-1.
Marion County suffered a grim 14-4 defeat to Russell County when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Will Marion County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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