The Athens Golden Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Baldwin County Tigers at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Athens will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Athens heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Tuesday. They fell just short of Hartselle by a score of 17-16. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (ten), Athens still had to take the loss.
Saraland typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Baldwin County proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Spartans and snuck past 1-0. The win was nothing new for Baldwin County as they're now sitting on three straight.
The result came thanks to Madilyn Byrd's shutout, as she gave up just three hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
Athens' loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 23-13. As for Baldwin County, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 21-14 record this season.
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