Baseball Recap: Carthage Comes Up Short

Fans were treated to a battle of the Tigers on Thursday. Carthage fell just short of Ozark by a score of 5-4. The defeat continues a trend for Carthage in their meetings with Ozark: they've now lost nine in a row.

Carthage's loss dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Ozark, the victory was the tenth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 11-2.

Coming up, Carthage will square off against Monett at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The Tigers' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Cubs have averaged an impressive 7.6 runs per game this season. As for Ozark, they will face off against Carl Junction at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.