Maggie Walker is 0-10 against J.R. Tucker since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. Maggie Walker will be staying on the road to face off against the J.R. Tucker Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Maggie Walker lost 13-3 to James Monroe on Monday.
Maggie Walker saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Bertha, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, J.R. Tucker was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 14-1 to Mechanicsville.
Even though they lost, J.R. Tucker didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their seventh loss (out of nine games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Maggie Walker's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8. As for J.R. Tucker, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10-1.
Maggie Walker suffered a grim 16-0 defeat to J.R. Tucker in their previous matchup on April 12th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of J.R. Tucker's Caleb Wood, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Now that Maggie Walker 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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