Baseball Preview: Tate Aggies vs. Fairhope Pirates
The Tate Aggies will head out on the road to square off against the Fairhope Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Tate is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Last Wednesday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Tate had to settle for an 8-7 defeat against West Florida.
Madox Land put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Land was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base.
Land wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kaleb Posta, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Fairhope came tearing into last Tuesday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Leopards by a score of 12-8.
Tate now has a losing record at 10-11. As for Fairhope, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-9 record this season.
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