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| 04/19/24 - Home | 6-7 L |
| 04/02/24 - Away | 10-5 W |
| 04/21/23 - Away | 3-1 W |
| 04/04/23 - Home | 2-6 L |
| 04/12/19 - Away | 1-2 L |
| 03/26/19 - Home | 4-0 W |
Rusk and Madisonville are an even 3-3 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long. The Eagles will welcome the Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Rusk nor Madisonville posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Rusk fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Bullard on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 6-2 to the Panthers. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Tarren Hicks was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. Maleki Overstreet also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
Meanwhile, Madisonville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Bullard.
Malik Kovar was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched. He also tossed a walk, which is notable because Madisonville is 2-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 11-12-1 otherwise.
At the plate, Madisonville saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cade Campbell, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
Madisonville's defeat dropped their record down to 13-13-1. As for Rusk, their loss dropped their record down to 11-11.
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