The McCreary Central Raiders will face off against the Bell County Bobcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing isn't great for McCreary Central: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while Bell County has snatched up four consecutive wins on the road.
On Tuesday, McCreary Central didn't have quite enough to beat Clay County and fell 6-5.
Joshua Weaver and Jackson Strunk stepped up to the plate in a big way. Weaver went 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Strunk went 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Bell County won against Barbourville on Monday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. The Bobcats beat the Tigers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-1. Considering the Bobcats have won nine games by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Bell County got a massive performance out of Holden Clark, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Those three hits gave Clark a new career-high. Cooper Brock was another key player, going 1-for-5 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Bell County is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for McCreary Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-9.
Everything went McCreary Central's way against Bell County when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as McCreary Central made off with a 14-5 win. Do the Raiders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bobcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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