Baseball Preview: Jena Giants vs. Marksville Tigers
Jena is 10-0 against Marksville since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Jena Giants will head out on the road to challenge the Marksville Tigers at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Jena has six straight victories, Marksville has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Jena can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Marksville 14-4.
The team relied heavily on Zerrick Jones, who scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Paxton Willis, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Jena has been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season. As for Marksville, their loss dropped their record down to 12-12.
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