Baseball Preview: Jacksonville Fightin' Indians vs. Bullard Panthers
Jacksonville is 0-3 against Bullard since March of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Jacksonville Fightin' Indians will look to defend their home field against the Bullard Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Jacksonville has not struggled against Rusk recently, they managed to flip the script on Friday. Jacksonville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 victory over Rusk. The win was just what Jacksonville needed coming off of a 14-4 defeat in their prior contest.
Jacksonville saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Best, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Bullard put the finishing touches on their 14th blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They put the hurt on Tatum with a sharp 12-2 victory. Bullard's win was all the more impressive since Tatum was averaging only 3.29 runs allowed on the season.
Jacksonville's victory bumped their record up to 6-12-1. As for Bullard, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which somehow isn't as good as their 20-3-2 record this season.
Jacksonville might still be hurting after the 20-0 loss they got from Bullard when the teams last played back in March. Can Jacksonville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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