Baseball Preview: Tuscumbia Lions vs. St. Elizabeth Hornets
Tuscumbia is 0-9 against St. Elizabeth since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Tuscumbia Lions will be playing at home against the St. Elizabeth Hornets at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Tuscumbia is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Climax Springs 16-1. Considering Tuscumbia has won six games by more than eight runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, St. Elizabeth had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Wildcats and snuck past 3-1.
Carter Otto looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, St. Elizabeth saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyson Green, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a double.
Tuscumbia's victory bumped their record up to 7-8. As for St. Elizabeth, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Tuscumbia might still be hurting after the 15-0 loss they got from St. Elizabeth in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Tuscumbia, Caleb Oligschlaeger (who struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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