The Gulfport Admirals will head out on the road to take on the Harrison Central Red Rebels at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Gulfport is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering D'Iberville just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors.
Meanwhile, Harrison Central fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against West Harrison on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Hurricanes by a score of 9-7. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Red Rebels have suffered since March 10th.
Harrison Central saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gabrielle Smith, who scored three runs while going 1-for-4.
This is the second loss in a row for Harrison Central and nudges their season record down to 12-15. Even worse, they were so close both times: the losses came by an average of only 1.5 runs. As for Gulfport, their record now sits at 13-9.
Gulfport came out on top in a nail-biter against Harrison Central when the teams last played back in March, sneaking past 4-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Admirals since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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