The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Silsbee Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Little Cypress-Mauriceville's pitching crew has only allowed 1.7 runs per game this season, so Silsbee's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Lumberton just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 4-1 to the Raiders.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Silsbee took on Bridge City on Friday. The Tigers took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cardinals. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Cardinals recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Silsbee saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brendon Hughes, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Silsbee's defeat dropped their record down to 14-7-1. As for Little Cypress-Mauriceville, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 18-5.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville couldn't quite finish off Silsbee when the teams last played back in April of 2024 and fell 4-2. Can the Bears avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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