Baseball Game Recap: McComb Tigers vs. East Marion Eagles

By Team Reports Mar 18, 2024, 6:24pm

Recap: McComb Tigers vs. East Marion Eagles

McComb lost against East Marion back in February, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The McComb Tigers' tough 19-4 loss to the East Marion Eagles might stick with them for a while. McComb has not had much luck with East Marion recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.

Destiny Bennett was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all two of her plate appearances. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.

On East Marion's side, the team relied heavily on Zi'Kiya Bridges, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Trinity Davis, who scored three runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.

McComb's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5-1. As for East Marion, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. McComb will take on Richland at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. McComb is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 15 runs per game this season. As for East Marion, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Resurrection Catholic at 6:30 p.m. East Marion is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.

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