Baseball Recap: Republic Comes Up Short

Republic made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Nixa, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Tigers fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 4-2 on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Tigers have suffered since April 11th.

This is the second loss in a row for Republic and nudges their season record down to 15-16. As for Nixa, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-13 record this season.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Nixa beat Republic by a score of 10-0 later that day.