The Yantis Owls will venture away from home to take on the Hawkins Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Yantis has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while Hawkins will arrive with four straight wins.
Yantis lost 11-5 to Cumby on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Hawkins made easy work of Fruitvale on Thursday and carried off a 15-4 victory. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 14 matches by eight runs or more this season.
Hawkins let Paxton Metcalf and Brayden Givens run wild. Metcalf went 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs, while Givens went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one triple. Those four RBI gave Metcalf a new career-high. Trevin Tanner was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double.
Hawkins always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .621. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .511 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Hawkins' win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-7-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Yantis, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
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