Baseball Preview: Ulysses Tigers vs. Holcomb Longhorns
The Ulysses Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Holcomb Longhorns at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Ulysses sitting on four straight victories and Holcomb on five.
Ulysses is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They walked away with a 15-11 win over Lakin last Thursday. That's two games straight that Ulysses has won by exactly four runs.
Meanwhile, Holcomb has not done well against Goodland recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Holcomb came out on top against Goodland by a score of 6-3.
Holcomb's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Korbin Johnson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Ulysses has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Holcomb, their win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-3.
Ulysses couldn't quite finish off Holcomb when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 10-8. Can Ulysses avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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