Baseball Preview: Mitchell Tigers vs. Raleigh-Egypt Pharaohs
The Mitchell Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Raleigh-Egypt Pharaohs at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Mitchell will be strutting in after a victory while Raleigh-Egypt will be coming in after a defeat.
If Mitchell beats Raleigh-Egypt with seven runs on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Mitchell's pitchers stepped up to hand Sheffield a 7-0 shutout on Wednesday. That's two games straight that Mitchell has won by exactly seven runs.
Meanwhile, sadly, Raleigh-Egypt is still looking for their first win of the season after six matches. They fell just short of Craigmont by a score of 11-9 on Thursday. One positive for Raleigh-Egypt, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Mitchell is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. As for Raleigh-Egypt, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
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