The Fair Grove Eagles will challenge the Licking Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Fair Grove 2.5, Licking 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Licking will be up against a hot Fair Grove squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. The Eagles came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 7-6 W against Ava. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by just one run.
Meanwhile, Licking never let their opponents score on Wednesday. They blew past Thayer 8-0. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won 17 games by six runs or more so far this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Licking and bumps their season record up to 22-8. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 0 runs in those games. As for Fair Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 26-6.
Everything went Fair Grove's way against Licking in their previous matchup back in April, as Fair Grove made off with a 12-2 win. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wildcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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