Fulton County is 0-10 against Carlisle County since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Fulton County Pilots will head out on the road to challenge the Carlisle County Comets at 5:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fulton County is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Fulton City 24-1. Fulton County might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five matches by 15 runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Carlisle County, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Zeigler-Royalton 2-1.
Caysen Mitchell spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up ten Ks.
On the hitting side, Carlisle County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Koltyn Perez, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
The victory made it two in a row for Fulton County and bumps their season record up to 5-9-1. As for Carlisle County, their win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-6.
Fulton County suffered a grim 15-1 defeat to Carlisle County when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Fulton County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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