Baseball Game Preview: Benton Tigers vs. Haughton Buccaneers

For the second straight game, Benton will face off against Haughton. Benton is taking a road trip to take on Haughton at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Benton is coming into the game hot, having won their last nine games.

Benton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Haughton, who was ranked sixth at the time (Benton was ranked seventh). Benton never let Haughton get on the board and left with a 12-0 win on Saturday. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 16 matchups by seven runs or more this season.

Benton's victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Haughton, the loss snapped their winning streak at 13 games and leaves them with a 19-4-1 record.