Titans
| 05/17/25 @ North Central | 4 |
| 05/15/25 vs Tell City | 9 |
| 05/12/25 @ Jasper | 0 |
| 05/10/25 vs Evansville North | 6 |
| 05/08/25 vs Southridge | 8 |
| + 17 more games |
The Gibson Southern Titans will head out on the road to challenge the Washington Hatchets at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Gibson Southern is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Gibson Southern proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by eight) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past North Central 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Titans have posted since April 10th.
Gibson Southern got a great performance from Cam Truxal as he tossed 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Truxal has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Collin Higginbotham and Seth Parsons did most of the damage at the plate: Higginbotham got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one RBI, while Parsons went 2-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Washington's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They came up short against Silver Creek, falling 21-2. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, the Hatchets couldn't push the score so high this time.
Washington saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Santiago Lopez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run and one RBI.
Gibson Southern is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Washington, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-9.
Gibson Southern was able to grind out a solid victory over Washington in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, winning 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Titans 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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