Baseball Preview: Hernando Tigers vs. Brandon Bulldogs
The Hernando Tigers will challenge the Brandon Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Hernando sitting on four straight victories and Brandon on five.
Hernando is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Oxford a 1-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Hernando has won by just one run.
Hernando saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brody Martin, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Brandon faced Northwest Rankin in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Brandon walked away with a 10-6 win over Northwest Rankin. Brandon's victory was all the more impressive since Northwest Rankin was averaging only 3.75 runs allowed on the season.
Russell Robbins looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Cameron Keyes was incredible, going 3-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Trimble, who went 2-for-2 with five RBI.
Hernando pushed their record up to 26-6 with that win, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Brandon, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-12 record this season.
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