The Pike County Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the Marion County Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pike County will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Pike County is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Rutland on Monday as they made off with a 22-7 win.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Marion County's offense. They fell just short of Taylor County by a score of 2-0 on Friday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Marion County dropped their record down to 7-15-1 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only 1.67 runs. As for Pike County, their victory bumped their record up to 11-13.
Pike County couldn't quite finish off Marion County in their previous meeting back in February and fell 2-0. Can the Pirates avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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