Walnut Grove has been on the road for five straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Cedar Shoals Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. Cedar Shoals took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Walnut Grove, who comes in off a win.
If Walnut Grove beats Cedar Shoals with five runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Walnut Grove walked away with a 5-1 victory over Lanier on Saturday. That looming 5-1 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Warriors yet this season.
Meanwhile, Cedar Shoals was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 17-1 to Madison County. That's two games in a row now that the Jaguars have lost by exactly 16 runs.
Cedar Shoals saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gretta Garrett, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. Garrett also put up no hits, which wereher first of the season.
Walnut Grove is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 3-8 record this season. As for Cedar Shoals, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Everything went Walnut Grove's way against Cedar Shoals in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Walnut Grove made off with a 16-0 win. Will Walnut Grove repeat their success, or does Cedar Shoals have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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