Baseball Game Preview: Trinity Presbyterian Wildcats vs. Tallassee Tigers

The Trinity Presbyterian Wildcats will face off against the Tallassee Tigers at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a eight-game winning streak alive.

It was a proper cat-fight when Trinity Presbyterian challenged Chilton County on Monday. The Wildcats walked away with a 13-8 victory over the Tigers.

Meanwhile, Tallassee got the win against Percy Julian on Tuesday by a conclusive 14-4. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by six runs or more this season.

Clay Ingram looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Bryson Rigsby was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Konner Taunton, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.

Tallassee pushed their record up to 14-8-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Trinity Presbyterian, their record is now 18-7.

Trinity Presbyterian came up short against Tallassee when the teams last played back in April of 2017, falling 7-3. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.