Meridian has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Brentsville District Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Meridian beats Brentsville District with six 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. Meridian walked away with a 6-3 win over Wakefield on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Meridian has won by exactly three runs.
Meanwhile, Brentsville District entered their tilt with Skyline with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over the Hawks on Friday.
Aaron Caughlin looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, Charles McCullough was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Albright, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meridian has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6 record this season. As for Brentsville District, they pushed their record up to 14-2 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Meridian came up short against Brentsville District in their previous meeting back in April, falling 4-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Albright, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Meridian knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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