The Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers will challenge the Pickens Blue Flame at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Blue Ridge's favor as the squad sits on 12 straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Pickens has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Blue Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Fountain Inn, who was ranked fifth at the time (Blue Ridge was ranked 11th). Blue Ridge lost 14-4 to Fountain Inn on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Pickens fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against West-Oak on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 10-4.
Griffin Duncan made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That hit was his first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Ferguson, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Pickens' loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Blue Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-2.
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