Antioch is 0-10 against Overton since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Antioch Bears will be playing at home against the Overton Bobcats at 4:30 p.m. Antioch is coming into the contest hot, having won their last seven games.
On Friday, Antioch sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 9-8 win over Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet.
The team relied heavily on Gavin Bales, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played.
Meanwhile, Overton beat East Nashville Magnet 8-4 on Thursday.
Cole Durden tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Overton's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kyree Christian, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Antioch is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Overton, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 14-13.
Antioch suffered a grim 18-0 defeat to Overton when the teams last played back in May of 2021. Thankfully for Antioch, Tuane Cope (who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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