Madisonville-North Hopkins is 2-8 against Henderson County since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Madisonville-North Hopkins Maroons will head out on the road to challenge the Henderson County Colonels at 5:30 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Madisonville-North Hopkins can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. They never let Hopkins County Central onto the board and left with a 15-0 victory. With that win, Madisonville-North Hopkins brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Madisonville-North Hopkins got a massive performance out of Xzavier Martin, who scored a run and stole four bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Martin has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Louie Ampry, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, everything went Henderson County's way against Webster County on Thursday as Henderson County made off with a 6-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Henderson County.
The team relied heavily on Alec Satterfield, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Belt, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Madisonville-North Hopkins' win bumped their record up to 10-13. As for Henderson County, their victory bumped their record up to 9-16.
Madisonville-North Hopkins might still be hurting after the 12-5 defeat they got from Henderson County when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Henderson County's Evan DeKemper, who tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Madisonville-North Hopkins knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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